Sentence examples for impeding policy from inspiring English sources

While direct observation is generally considered the 'gold standard' for environmental assessment [ 21- 23] at a population level the collection of such data is expensive and impractical, impeding policy development and research in this setting.

The findings of this analysis are in line with existing literature which highlights the crucial role of political factors, including policy elites, not only in facilitating and impeding policy shifts but also in guiding the success or failure of the innovations in particular settings [ 37, 38].

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 would increase already-high unemployment, expose excessive financial risk-taking, embolden Russia, and strengthen populist movements further, thereby impeding comprehensive policy responses.

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.

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.