The phrase 'developmental challenge' is quite common in written English.
It is typically used to refer to any situation that requires a person to develop in some way in order to achieve a goal. For example, "She decided to take on the developmental challenge of learning a new language."
This task mimics the real developmental challenge of learning physics more closely than prior experimental work, by requiring people to reason simultaneously about multiple interacting physical laws and properties.
Electricity is central to nearly every major developmental challenge and opportunity that the world faces today.
When Scott Gilmore, executive director and co-founder of Peace Dividend Trust, a non-profit foundation that fosters peace and humanitarian operations, says that Jeff Sachs "has never seen a developmental challenge too large, too persistent, or too complex that it can't be fixed with the simple application of more money" he may as well be speaking of the Bank's historic approach.
To accomplish this in many countries with weak health systems is a developmental challenge as much as it is a disease control challenge.
It's what we could call a "vertical developmental challenge": the inner choices we make whenever we engage with another human being, with a system, or with ourselves.
The paper therefore conceptualizes HIV as a contextual and a central developmental challenge.
D.I.R./Floortime can be effective with all kinds of children, whether they have developmental challenges or not.
It might be convenient to frame climate change as an environmental crisis, but it is a folly to neglect its link to developmental challenges.
It was only through such courage, he added, that the economic, environmental and developmental challenges of the age could be faced.
And they face huge developmental challenges — entering society, joining the work force, contemplating marriage and starting a family — which can be overwhelming even without the burden of disease.
It also seeks to help scientists grow their careers and access the funding they need to conduct research in order to overcome Africa's developmental challenges.
