The phrase "improved the prospects" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it whenever you are describing a situation where something has become more likely to happen or succeed. For example: "The introduction of new technology has greatly improved the prospects of the company."
Kamal had joined the Jasmine Revolution, but he was angry that it had not improved the prospects of young Tunisians like him.
The WorldCom accounting scandal has improved the prospects for legislation to tighten auditing standards and reduce conflicts of interest in the accounting industry, members of Congress said today.
Pilot projects, including one by another Swiss architect, Franz Oswald, are in the offing.But a recent building boom in Addis has not improved the prospects for a well-planned, pleasant city.
Still, Hasan-Askari Rizvi, an analyst in Lahore, said he believed that the changes improved the prospects for Pakistan's shaky democracy, if for no other reason than after years of narrow, partisan squabbling, politicians actually came together over something important.
And they have greatly improved the prospects that American negotiators will arrive at the next round of global climate negotiations in Copenhagen with a credible strategy in hand and with the leverage to encourage other major emitters like China to get cracking.
However, the local mayor Stephen Bunney said the town's Portas Pilot team, called the Market Rasen Business Initiative Group – or MR BIG – had improved the prospects for the town by backing new businesses including a greengrocer's and setting up a local market, which had attracted thousands of new shoppers.
Although Alzheimer's cannot be definitively diagnosed until after death, the advent of PET scans has improved the prospect of predicting whether a given patient will develop symptoms.
Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) with Myozyme® has significantly improved the prospect for patients with classic infantile Pompe disease.
Recent progress in exploring various heterologous microbial platforms towards metabolites such as fatty acids, alcohols and alkanes has improved the prospect of advanced biofuel production.
Theoretically, the disarray within the Peronist movement should improve the prospects of candidates outside the party.
Such an outcome might improve the prospects for the companies still standing.
