Earlier in the week, the head of the World Bank said international support can speed progress -- "but only if coupled with real reform."

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The president also fielded questions about his efforts to reform the U.S.financial system, and said progress is being made.

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The president did not give a timetable for getting immigration reform legislation passed, but he said his administration has made progress in strengthening border security.

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Through Race to the Top, states have made more progress in reform over the past two years than in the previous decade.

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Her historic first trip to Europe after years of house arrest signals the progress toward reform in Myanmar over the past year.

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What is predictable, however, is that President Yeltsin will once again come away from the G-7 meeting with hundreds of millions more in Western pledges of assistance and misplaced kudos over the progress of reform in Russia.

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