The phrase "are slowing the development" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing factors or actions that are hindering or delaying progress in a project or process.
Example: "The unexpected challenges we faced are slowing the development of the new software."
Alternatives: "are hindering the progress" or "are delaying the advancement."
This is slowing the development of new fields and pushing up the cost.
That, in turn, has caused travelers in Europe to switch off or limit their phone use — a situation that the industry says is slowing the development of some services.
Community development Farmer Kai Djiguiba, 48, says the long distance to the cave and to a canyon where he draws water for his livestock is slowing the village's development.
What is slowing the speed of this development is the protocol diversity".
That is, governing bodies (in this case, Mozilla — in Hewitt's case, W3C) are slowing down the development process on the web, and making it harder to innovate.
Other reasons for changing or discontinuing medications are slowing of the child's growth, development of tics, rashes and other concerns the young person or family attribute to the medication.
On 23 May, Saudi Deputy Health Minister Ziad Memish chimed in at WHA, complaining that intellectual property considerations were slowing down the development of diagnostic tests.
The storm's intensity continued to build although dry air and cooler air inflow from the north were slowing structural development.
Anti-inflammatory drugs, in particular non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), seem to be beneficial in terms of slowing the development of AD, as shown by several epidemiological studies [ 2- 4].
We are about to publish a study, "Resource Curse Revisited", and our finding is that in many cases, and not just in Africa, the only way to reverse the onset of resource curse is to slow the development of extracting commodities.
