The phrase 'led to setting' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use 'led to setting' when talking about one event leading to another. For example, "The decision to move to the city led to setting up a new business.
But unlike the United States, Germany has never been a place where individual wealth has led to setting up foundations for educational, research, or even social purposes.
And so does setting ambitious goals: Early on, I doubted industry could meet some of the aggressive targets that EPA set for reducing air pollution, but I ultimately saw these goals spur innovation and creative solutions that led to setting even higher standards.
To protect against spurious results arising from multiple testing, Bonferroni estimates led to setting statistical significance at a p-value of <0.005.
The failure of the Safe Motherhood Initiative, proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1987, and other similar programmes in globally addressing the issue of maternal mortality by the year 2000 led to setting of new goals for the present millennium.
High expectations lead to setting ambitious goals but sometimes leave others feeling unable to satisfy them.
Integrating the socio-economical data will perhaps lead to setting risk acceptability thresholds for the different uses of the Seine estuary.
Research by paleontologists is especially needed for developing time references for major evolutionary events which will lead to setting an evolutionary clock for Halimeda independent of molecular data.
Step 1. Set Goals That Allow You to Become a Master An "all in" approach often leads to setting unrealistic goals.
This leads to setting the outcome deadlines will have on quality and on the complexity of the project.
The job was to lead, to set a direction of travel for the country and sweep us along.
Change direction a few times as you lead to set yourself as "leader".
