Sentence examples for threat to development from inspiring English sources

It is a threat to development itself".

They don't quote the World Bank when it says: "Climate change is a fundamental threat to development in our lifetime.

In a July 2016 report, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs described climate change as the "single biggest threat to development". Action to mitigate climate change was included as Goal 13 of the SDGs and is widely recognized as essential for achieving many others.

"This act sends out a strong message to UK plc and the rest of world – the UK will not tolerate bribery," said Chandrashekhar Krishnan, executive director of Transparency International UK. "Corruption disproportionately affects the poor and is a persistent threat to development and democracy.

Climate change is a phenomenon that has remained a threat to development globally.

The theme of World No Tobacco Day 2017 is "Tobacco – a threat to development".

In private many oil-industry executives wish it would be more diligent as a regulator, feeling that its lax approach has become a threat to developments, not an incentive.

"One of the biggest threats to development in many countries -- including this one -- is corruption," he said.

A fuller picture could then be drawn of inequality, depletion of natural resources, financial instability and the other threats to development.Armed with better information, "structures" could then be designed to boost co-operation.

Such hazards and risks, environmental, economic and social, and climate change and its impacts are major threats to development achievements (Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2010).

Risks and threats to development of the Russian EPS sector include the Russian banking sector's reliance on foreign payment systems; entry of new foreign payment systems in the Russian market; and the still insufficient competitiveness of the Russian financial services sector.