Sentence examples for undermined development from inspiring English sources

As Martelly pushes ahead with his development agenda, he has given few indications that he intends to address the pervasive issues relating to land ownership and insecurity that have undermined development in Haiti for two hundred years.

Mrs. Clinton, the first American secretary of state to visit Dhaka, the capital, since 2003, said weeks of strikes and protests that have killed at least five people had undermined development and scared off foreign investors.

We encourage Chevron shareholders to join us in support of transparency to break the cycle of secrecy that has undermined development, democracy, and human rights for decades.

While "First it's UK" was the driving motivation behind Health is Global, not all interviewees agreed with this rationale, arguing that it was a threat to health equity and undermined development efforts.

These illicit financial flows constitute a massive outflow of wealth from developing countries and undermine development and growth efforts in these countries.

Unfortunately, Rio+20 could also have the exact opposite effect, undermining development and poverty reduction objectives in a very significant way.

"Their attempts to undermine development in the Galilee basin are part of a national co-ordinated campaign by various radical green groups to shut down the coal industry.

"We are committed to rooting out corruption wherever it is undermining development, and will help bring its perpetrators like Ibori to justice and return stolen funds to help the world's poorest," said Andrew Mitchell, Britain's international development secretary.

Records of births and deaths may make two vital statistics but they are the bookends of a lifetime of missing health data that undermines development decision-making every day.

The UK's criminalisation of khat, a mild stimulant popular in the horn of Africa, has wreaked havoc on African economies, undermining development programmes being carried out in the region, said the organisation.

Inappropriate response and adaptation options to risks, including climate stress, could further undermine development efforts in the region.