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...with it. Sometimes called the world's richest basket case because of its wealth of such natural resources as teak and minerals, Burma needs foreign aid and investment to modernize. In the wake of the elections last May, international lending agencies were lining up to welcome Burma, and foreign businessmen were studying the country's new, liberal economic policies, but many investors are pulling back. "No one will lend money to Burma until it sorts out its political situation," says a visiting World Bank official...
After almost two years at the helm, Salinas can claim some success. On the economic front, he has launched a campaign to reduce Mexico's bloated statist economy and attract foreign investment that has earned high marks from Mexican businessmen and international lenders. But in throwing the country open to inspection by potential investors, Salinas has unwittingly invited scrutiny of the other major prong of his modernization drive: his pledge to build a true multiparty democracy...
...people are in a hurry," Salinas retorts, "and I respond to the rhythm of the people." But even admiring businessmen and members of his own party wonder if he isn't pushing ahead too quickly, rending Mexico's delicate social fabric by asking people to make too many sacrifices they do not understand. Disappointment could begin to catch up with Salinas. The 70% approval ratings that marked his first year in office have plummeted below 44%, according to the results of an unpublished poll taken by the newspaper Excelsior. Now the talk is of his autocratic style of rule...
...expanding transport network. By contrast, residents of Britain's prosperous rural Kent have opposed construction and the industrialization that will follow. British road and rail systems -- which include no high-speed equipment -- remain inadequate. Thatcher's government spends only a fraction of France's commitment to improving infrastructure. Many businessmen fear that Britain's failure to take full advantage of the Chunnel link will not make it easier for them to compete in the new Europe...
...project, which began two years ago, is one of the most expansive undertakings at the Kennedy School of Government--involving about 50 researchers in six countries and specialists in several different academic disciplines, as well as politicians, businessmen and other policy makers...