The first lasted from 2004 to 2008, a period of intense reform that eliminated everyday corruption and criminality and saw rapid economic growth.
As expected, unsatisfactory labour market outcomes are correlated with more intense reform activity.
In particular, Southern and Continental countries had a more intense reform activity starting from the middle of the decade.
The NYC jail complex, which sits just north of Queens, has a reputation for brutality that continues to make headlines despite intense reform efforts.
"As we learn and move forward, the university continues to engage and invest in an intense reform and cultural change effort to ensure Michigan State University is a safe campus for students, faculty, staff and our community," she said.
Or maybe the climate feels less tense because major crimes in the city continue to drop amid piecemeal reforms, and alongside them, the use of the notorious practice of stop-and-frisk, which ignited much of the most intense reform-minded political energy in the first place.
The ISO 14000 standard is the most popular of a growing family of corporate self-regulatory instruments that typify an era of intense regulatory reform.
In order to improve its image, it is all but gaming the World Bank system, putting intense efforts into reforms in Mumbai and Delhi, the only two Indian cities surveyed for the index.The finance minister promises to introduce a bankruptcy law, and red tape is becoming less tangled, even if it is not disappearing altogether.
Still, in 2004, after an intense period of reform, Turkey was declared a full candidate for E.U. membership.
Only the most intense efforts to reform police procedures can assure New Yorkers that a similar incident will not happen again.
