And Mr. Sachs contends that aid and active engagement by the West are critical to helping reform-minded governments overseas survive.

The Bush administration has pulled back from its aggressive advocacy of a peace initiative here since a reform-minded Palestinian government collapsed on Sept. 6.

The decision also called into question the commitment of donor nations in supporting reform-minded governments.

The final package is not a permanent solution; it buys time for what American officials believe is the most reform-minded government in Russia in years.

Liliam Jimenez also helped found the Union of Guatemalan Women during the period of the reform-minded governments of Arevalo and Arbenz (1950-4).

After all, the Russians cannot forestall even their own economic deterioration; their value to a reform-minded, less-expansionist Vietnamese government has decreased.

Iran's justice system is run by conservative Islamic clerics, not the reform-minded government of President Mohammad Khatami.

Bangalore's success in fighting corruption, under the leadership of a reform-minded government that took office in 1999, has enhanced the appeal of report cards.

His presidency was soon marked by tensions between the reform-minded government and an increasingly conservative and vocal clergy.

"It would be seen as a vote of no confidence in the reform-minded governments from the Baltics to the Balkans," she continued.