When Russians go to the polls next month, he's counting on the new capitalists to back his pro-market reforms.

The United States and some of its allies pushed for debt relief for countries that undertook pro-market reform, including prudent budget, monetary and trade policies.

In recent years, there have been a number of pro-market reforms, and attempts to reduce state-bureaucratic regulation.

He had fought his election campaign on a promise to introduce pro-market reforms to tackle sluggish economic growth and high unemployment.

Over the years, the West extracted grudging promises from the Russian Government to undertake this or that pro-market reform.

You say the agreement "would simultaneously propel Mexico's pro-market reforms forward and raise living standards for U.S. consumers."

Mr. Kasyanov, who previously served as finance minister, was considered an expert economic policy maker and an advocate of pro-market reforms.

Many people say the country's 17-year experiment with pro-market reforms, including privatizing government agencies and opening the economy to foreign investment, have done little for most people.

Under China's sweeping pro-market reforms, since the 1990s millions of workers have been laid off from money-losing state enterprises.

Despite his sporadic support for pro-market reforms, Putin has backed national champions such as energy concerns Gazprom and Rosneft.