The phrase "a welcome development in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express approval or positivity regarding a recent change or progress in a specific area or field.
Example: "The new policy is seen as a welcome development in the fight against climate change."
Alternatives: "a positive advancement in" or "a beneficial change in".
An investigation by Lord Woolf is certainly a welcome development in these matters.
But a weaker yen is a welcome development in some ways.
Until then, Fairphone is a welcome development in highlighting the issues of ethical conduct of the smartphone market.
In principle, experimental philosophy is a welcome development; in practice, its attack on traditional methods has been unconvincing.
Madihha Ahussain, a lawyer for Muslim Advocates, a civil-rights group, said the policy change was "a welcome development" in the wake of the New Zealand mosque shootings.
But Legend also has a DVD division that has just grown larger with the licensing of 32 vintage titles from Paramount Pictures, a welcome development in light of Paramount's apparent reluctance to exploit its studio library.
This latest attempt to address the economy which has been hailed as a rare bipartisan effort, is a welcome development, especially in places like Los Angeles, where double-digit unemployment has contributed to the city's worsening budget problems.
Kazakhstan's decision to accept those prisoners, in particular, is a welcome development after years in which the Obama administration was unable to repatriate a large number of Yemeni prisoners because of fears that they would escape or be set free in Yemen.
While Mr. O'Mara has become adept at social media, rattling off the number of Google hits on the words Trayvon Martin and the tally of visits to the legal defense site — 267,089 as of Monday — plunging into the world of Twitter, Facebook and blogs is not a welcome development for all in the courtroom.
Davies, who will be on campus in Leicester on 5 March to talk about his career and his most recent BBC adaptation, Little Dorrit, says the centre is a "most welcome development in an area that has been for so long under-represented in academic circles".
The low rate of increase in consumer prices is a welcome development for policy makers in Beijing, who are highly sensitive to any rises in food prices, as these still make up a large share of household spending.
