Sentence examples for defining development from inspiring English sources

The Watt engine was a defining development of the Industrial Revolution because of its rapid incorporation into many industries.

Amartya Sen (and others) transformed the development lexicon by defining development as freedom rather than just economic or even social progress, and the concept of dignity takes us a step further along that road.

"Alleviating traffic congestion is one of the defining development challenges of our time".

Defining development as a recombination of resources resulting in one of these five possibilities presupposes both a conductor and an arena.

Development projects operating with high levels of task uncertainty should consider defining development process models that provide a framework for management of the project by establishing tasks and their logical interrelationships.

In the last ten years the defining development in solar energy has been the sharp drop in the prices of photovoltaic panels.

The innovative fund lets poor communities define development strategies and manage capital from neighbourhood to global level.

The Financing for Development conference will be held in Ethiopia and will discuss funding for the Sustainable Development Goals, which will define development priorities for the next 15 years.

In a similar vein, the Nobel prize-winning economist, Amartya Sen, defines development as freedom and the enlargement of people's substantive choices.

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen defined development as "the removal of various types of unfreedoms that leave people with little choice and little opportunity of exercising their reasoned agency".

The sustainable development goals, which define development priorities for the next 15 years, include a target on food waste: "By 2030 halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer level, and reduce food losses along production and supply chains including post-harvest losses".