The phrase "a central driver of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a key factor or element that significantly influences or motivates a particular outcome or situation.
Example: "Innovation is a central driver of economic growth in today's technology-driven world."
Alternatives: "a key factor in" or "a primary influence on".
Lending conditions are a central driver of consumer spending, and thus economic growth.
This is why our report calls on the NHS to make supporting staff a central driver of its strategies to improve patient care, productivity and financial performance.
The surge in high school graduation rates — from less than 10 percent of youth in 1900 to 80 percent by 1970 — was a central driver of 20th-century economic growth.
It led to an industrial zone that used to be a central driver of Syria's economy, but is now a wasteland of fallen silos and factories that have been repeatedly crunched with heavy bombs.
A central driver of the war, which has killed in excess of 150,000 people and displaced up to nine million, is a battle for influence between Saudia Arabia and Iran, which has staunchly backed the Assad regime throughout the crisis.
The proactive management of innovations has proven to be a central driver of sustainable long-term competitiveness.
Once the visions of in-store mobile engagement become a reality, "cards on file" will become a central driver for mobile payments in the offline world as well.
The thorium PBR consists of a central driver zone of 100 cm radius, surrounded by a breeder zone with 300 cm outer radius.
Sexual conflict is a central driver in the evolution of parental care (Trivers 1972, Parker 1979, Gross and Sargent 1985, Gross 2005) and has led to various antagonistic or cooperative behaviors between the sexes (Chapman et al. 2003).
Furthermore, press articles increasingly criticized the opacity of the strategic pattern, which destabilized organizational reputation as a central driver.
