As always, we will examine carefully the details of any proposed program and stand ready to support a credible strategy. In these fast-moving times we cannot and must not lose sight of the parts of the world where the story cannot change fast enough. The 1990s have shown that market economics works in sub-Saharan Africa, just as it does anywhere else. In several countries, we have seen 7 percent growth rates stagnation and decline, and rising capital inflows from the lowest of low bases. But there is a long way to go yet.
Countries shape their own destiny.
We cannot want reform, growth, and stability in a country more than its own government and people do. But even the most committed reformers can find that a legacy of bad policy and aid dependence is a heavy burden to shake off. That is why the budget that President Clinton has presented to Congress proposes significant additional funding for debt relief for poor, highly-indebted nations who are making strides toward reform. We hope that the other major industrial economies and the international financial institutions will also play their part in this effort. Kosovo No survey of the challenges facing the world today would be complete without a word about the tragic story still unfolding in Kosovo.