However, an increasing body of evidence documents the positive impact of public investment on productivity and economic growth.

However these have yet to have an appreciable positive impact on reducing the disparity between rural and urban areas.

Studies show that the act of communicating positive events was associated with increased positive affect and well being (beyond the impact of the positive event itself).

Such a decision would have a strongly positive economic and geopolitical impact.

These meetings had a positive impact on the functioning of the Tribunal.

More favourable climatic conditions, the positive impact of disarmament, changes in the administration and an expansion of the national army and police forces have had a positive impact on the human rights situation in the areas of origin of IDPs, leading to increased opportunities for return.

The Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice would afford an opportunity to assess the positive impact of the conventions.

The most notable example is the impact of Gleevec (imatinib mesylate) on outcomes for children with an uncommon subtype of leukemia Philadelphia chromosome positive ALL.

Germany s move toward renewable energy is likely to have a much broader positive impact.

I think this will have a positive impact for the Internet users in Iran.

This would be not only fair, but it also would teach an important lesson to those who bankroll dictators a lesson that is likely to have an immediate positive impact worldwide.

Several cases were mentioned where customs modernization had a significant positive impact on revenue collection.

Sport and physical education are an essential element of quality education, and promote positive values and skills which have a quick but lasting impact on young people.

But the election may well have a more positive impact on the region as a whole.

Member States had witnessed the very positive impact of such programmes on the situation in Liberia.

All those initiatives are expected to have a positive impact on our overall socio economic development.

More equitable taxation would have a positive impact on governance, another important tool for mobilizing domestic resources.

The successful completion of the electoral process had a positive impact on the overall human rights situation.

In London, bus travel rose by 46 . According to an independent report, almost 60 of the businesses in London judged the program s impact on the economy as positive or neutral.

They are ideally positioned to make an impact locally, given their willingness to adopt positive environmental and governance practices and their ability to improve living conditions by creating permanent jobs.

In London, bus travel rose by 46 . According to an independent report, almost 60 of the businesses in London judged the program s impact on the economy as positive or neutral.

In an op Ed published on the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum's Facebook page, charge d'affairs Ambassador Jery Lanier reflected on the positive impact the exemptions will have on Sudanese people

While incineration and landfilling are still practiced, such high recycling rates underscore the positive impact of targeted policies.

These investments are generally welcome, because of the jobs they create and their positive impact on local economies.

The report indicates that the NCB initiative has had a positive impact on low income families with children

The work of the Commission has had a positive impact on the protection and promotion of human rights.

However, barring any major economic bumps, the changes will have a positive impact, as capital allocation becomes more efficient.

That process would have a positive impact on economic development and on the climate for foreign investment in Kosovo.

It is hoped that its strong human rights provisions will have a positive impact on the situation in Darfur.

That process would have a positive impact on economic development and on the climate for foreign investment in Kosovo.

To be sure, the efforts of many publicly funded bodies have a real and lasting positive impact on the world.

The further stabilization of the situation in Liberia has had a positive impact on the overall situation in the subregion.

There is a general consensus that TNC performance can have a positive impact in reducing poverty in host developing countries.

Strengthening the international legal regime undoubtedly has a positive impact on the realization of each of the Organization's fundamental principles.

On balance, the impact of technological progress will be positive. But that does not negate the massive challenge it will pose.

(c) Mobility has a positive impact in filling existing high vacancy rates at some United Nations duty stations and regional commissions

Unless voters hear about the positive impact that their generosity is having, they will inevitably focus on issues closer to home.

Noting the impact of the movement of highly skilled people and those with an advanced education on human resources development and sustainable development in developing countries, and stressing the need for a global and comprehensive approach to maximize the positive impact of skilled labour mobility on human resources development,

The total loss of UNOPS for 2004 could have been 14.9 million had the Facility not been able to make a positive impact on the bottom line by generating an additional 3.5 million in revenue.

Under this agenda item, observers representing minorities, Governments and others are invited to present information on measures that have an impact on minority rights, including obstacles and negative developments as well as positive measures taken.

But ever bigger business also had a profound social impact, and here the ledger entries were not all in the positive column.

Although Western medicine is successful in developed countries, it doesn't have the same positive impact in many of the underdeveloped African countries.

Will the export profile of African countries exporting to China and India have a significant positive impact on the poor in Africa?

ICTs are having a deep and positive impact on tourism through global reach, improved information flow and efficiency gains from improved organization.

Overall, their 2004 public debt situation improved owing to strong economic growth and the positive impact of regional and global interest rates.