Several national health systems in Latin America initiated health reforms to counter widespread criticisms of low equity and efficiency.
They discuss why policies are designed to discourage employment among older workers and why reforms to counter this often meet resistance.
The government subsequently launched a crackdown on the Ikhwan, detaining hundreds of members, and instituted a number of legal "reforms" to counter their resurgence.
In December 2010, Pope Benedict XVI personally passed a reform to counter illegal activities in the financial sector and established an authority to monitor financial dealings in Vatican City and other Holy See institutions, a prerequisite for its undergoing evaluation by Moneyval.
Is it time to embrace immigration reform to counter the Democrats' advantage with the community?
The Indian government has promised reform to counter slow growth, rising prices and a falling currency.
No matter what happens in the healthcare reform debate, at least this time around there are groups collecting money and cutting ads for reform, to counter the anti-reform deep pockets.
As part of reforms seeking to counter criticisms of the Bank's sprawling and opaque structure, Carney announced the creation of an oversight unit modelled on the independent evaluation office of the IMF.
California's ballot initiative process, introduced a century ago as a Progressive Era reform meant to counter corporate power, has become an expensive fiasco, helping paralyze the state legislature and, in recent years, being dominated, ironically, by big business sponsoring favors for itself.
"It is up to our European partners to decide whether, after six years of recession, the priority should be a strong reform programme to counter tax evasion, the power of the elites and the failings of the Greek public administration or yet more recessionary measures, yet more cuts in pensions and real wages," said one insider.
At the moment, Republican leaders are trying to decide which Obama priority to fight first, be it gutting Obamacare, fighting his environmental regulations, forcing his hand to approve the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline or blocking his efforts at economic stimulus or immigration reform — all to counter Obama's vision and set the party up for a strong 2016.
