The two moves shift China further toward a Western-style financial system in which markets determine the allocation of credit, not government officials.

He previously hired American consultants to develop and implement Western-style financial and administrative systems.

Deloitte & Touche, the accounting and consulting firm, is working with Kamaz to develop Western-style financial systems.

Some African leaders have said that the continent is simply not yet ready for Western-style electoral systems.

For the British soldiers here, the power of tribes can be vexing, particularly during efforts to build a Western-style legal system.

The old canard about Africans' supposed indifference to "Western-style" democratic systems has been disproved time and again in the past few years.

It provided a Western-style parliamentary system headed by the weak president.

Nor is there much debate about whether Nigeria should adopt a Western-style system of government.

It also moved closer to a Western-style financial system by ending some controls on bank lending.

This completed Poland's transition from Communist Party rule to a Western-style liberal democratic political system.