Broadman recalls working with the Chinese leadership on restructuring state-owned enterprises and corporate governance reform in the early 1990s while he was at the World Bank.

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Between 1995 and 2002 (the latest figures available) the number of such jobs fell by 15m in China, mainly due to the restructuring of inefficient state-owned enterprises.

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Serbia has made progress in trade liberalization and enterprise restructuring and privatization, but many large enterprises - including the power utilities, telecommunications company, natural gas company, national air carrier, and others - remain in state hands.

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