Sentence examples for impede policy from inspiring English sources
Unlike the comptroller, the county clerk historically has had little scope to conduct investigations or impede policy initiatives.
The prediction that lack of donor interest would impede policy change proved incorrect.
How an issue such as male circumcision is framed, we posit, will influence the attitudes of policy makers and the public to the procedure and thereby facilitate or impede policy development and implementation.
Moreover, these differences in risk assessment can impede policy decisions that require a balancing of risks between microbial and chemical exposures, as evidenced in the trade-offs between waterborne arsenic and cholera in Bangladesh (Lokuge et al. 2004).
This indicates that even within the context of the WHO, which is comparatively immune to the multiple competing priorities seen to impede national policy reform, policy change still has political elements.
Further, longstanding court orders often impede vast policy or budget changes, something else the mayor was not fully aware of when he ran for office.
However warm his tone, Mr. Schröder is unlikely to say the words that would disinfect the wound that has opened in relations with the United States since Germany tried, behind France's lead, to impede American policy on Iraq a year ago.
This would increase already-high unemployment, expose excessive financial risk-taking, embolden Russia, and strengthen populist movements further, thereby impeding comprehensive policy responses.
If Mr. Xi does become party secretary but is in bad health, his authority could be sapped, accentuating the consensus rule that has emerged under Mr. Hu and impedes strong policy making.
A lack of data has impeded the policy debate and a significant gap in analysis remains a lack of empirical research into the life-cycle cost implications of increased building thermal efficiency, particularly for residential buildings.
The results suggest that certain government-backed energy policies impede renewable energy investments, thus implying significant failures in policy design.
