The phrase "addresses the central problem" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing a solution or analysis that focuses on the main issue at hand.
Example: "The report effectively addresses the central problem of climate change and proposes actionable solutions."
Alternatives: "tackles the main issue" or "confronts the key challenge".
Two further publications complete the cycle of thought there begun: The Future of Industrial Man, 11 which addresses the central problem of legitimate authority in modern institutions, and The New Society, 12 which sketches an idealized vision of industrial citizenship.
This paper addresses the central problem facing agricultural policy makers in Africa today, namely, how to promote self-sustaining processes of growth fueled by technological advances, concentrating on small-scale agricultural production and trade.
The seven basic propositions are: Clearly, the book addresses the central problems of philosophy which deal with the world, thought and language, and presents a 'solution' (as Wittgenstein terms it) of these problems that is grounded in logic and in the nature of representation.
Fundamentally, these new rules do not address the central problem in the housing market, acknowledged recently by Carney, that the UK does not build enough homes.
The S.E.C. now promises modest new measures to contain the damage that the rating agencies can do — measures that fail to address the central problem: that the raters are paid by the issuers.
Marcelo P. Lima Miami, Jan . 5 2009 To the Editor: Michael Lewis and David Einhorn write that the Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed "measures that fail to address the central problem: that the raters are paid by the issuers".
Both bills addressed the central problem of public housing by allowing housing authorities to reduce the high concentration of the very poor, by holding failing authorities to specified standards and by consolidating an array of programs into a few block grants.
And he suggested the new government's policy did not address the central problem.
Development of the logical framework included establishing a project rationale by defining and unpacking the central problem - the problem analysis - and developing a project goal that captured the overarching aim of the project in addressing the central problem.
With the exception of heart transplantation and implantation of mechanical ventricular assist devices, current therapies do not address the central problem of decreased pumping capacity owing to a depleted pool of cardiac myocytes.
This type of tough love is clearly what's needed if we are to remain a leading nation, and address the central problems that threaten the country.
