Sentence examples for Impediment to development from inspiring English sources

Although a lack of infrastructure is often viewed as an impediment to development, what we are finding is that, because many developing nations are not saddled with an aging electrical grid, they can potentially "leapfrog" into a Third Industrial Revolution.

This energy deficit is also an impediment to development.

The major impediment to development is the lack of potable water.

Lack of access to finance is an important impediment to development in low-income countries.

"So in my mind, the distance from Manhattan isn't the impediment to development".

And its news not only about a social injustice but also about an economic impediment to development.

Increased resort to "Section 106 agreements" by planning authorities with developers raised taxes on – and impediments to – development.

Re "World Bank Unit to Join in Internet Start-Up Finance" (Business Day, Feb. 14): The claim by James Wolfenson, the World Bank president, that the lack of Internet access is "one of the greatest impediments to development" trivializes the complex and enduring problems in developing countries.

Malaria remains one of the greatest impediments to development in many tropical regions of the world.

"The digital divide is one of the greatest impediments to development, and it is growing exponentially," the World Bank's president, James D. Wolfensohn, said in a statement.

Student: I was wondering, if you think that there are any impediments to development in the Chinese or Hong Kong markets based on the government of China.