The phrase "a central objective of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the main goal or purpose of a project, initiative, or study.
Example: "A central objective of this research is to understand the impact of climate change on biodiversity."
Alternatives: "a primary goal of" or "a key aim of".
Tackling inequality should be a central objective of economic policy, for economic reasons every bit as much as social reasons.
From then on, Mr. Bush's national security agenda elevated democracy promotion to be a central objective of foreign policy.
The newcomers' poverty and their governments' weak capacities hamper a central objective of ASEAN's: the establishment of an "ASEAN community".
A central objective of the Fed's monetary policy is price stability, defined as a low, steady rate of overall inflation.
On top of that, without setting Brussels red lines, we need to make clearer that repatriating certain national controls over immigration will be a central objective of the Conservative plan to renegotiate Britain's relationship with the EU.
It requires action across Government - from ending Britain's uncritical support for the World Trade Organisation, to ensuring that environmental protection is a central objective of our tax system and at the heart of public spending decisions.
Nevertheless, a central objective for development of the S-PRT was to foster patient-centered dialogue, and indeed the need for contextual clarification of patients' responses fits well with its intended purpose.
UNDERSTANDING the mechanisms leading to observed patterns of genetic diversity has been a central objective since the beginnings of population genetics (Fisher 1922; Haldane 1932; Wright 1951; Charlesworth and Charlesworth 2010).
Finally, although a central objective is the publication of original research on labor market policy issues, we will also emphasize publishing review papers that synthesize existing research to draw conclusions on important policy issues or to suggest new frameworks for thinking about labor policy issues.
Polishing "brand China" is of course a central objective, but so, to be fair, is fun.
In this study, a central objective was to develop a set of scenarios describing public transport users in central urban areas in Norway in 2050.
