The devastating effect of capital flight brought about by corruption can never be overstressed.

Almost three weeks after the tsunami in the Indian Ocean, people are still suffering as a result of its devastating effect.

Mr. Ndimeni (South Africa) said that natural disasters often had a devastating effect on communities and required massive intervention to assist the population.

Children The Darwins had ten children two died in infancy, and Annie's death at the age of ten had a devastating effect on her parents.

Reacting to the devastating effect of corruption on the enjoyment of basic rights, a Somali elder succinctly expressed his views thus Development is about human beings.

In many areas, rampant unemployment dulls their ambition and undermines morale, and we know that civil conflict can have a particularly devastating effect on the young.

As witnessed the world over, a natural disaster such as a cyclone, made worse by the effects of climate change, can have a devastating effect on economies and lives.

Almost all coastal countries, including small island developing States, reported that climate change and its consequent sea level rise will have a devastating effect on coastal communities and infrastructure.

Destruction, abandonment of education and health systems, dispersal of families, break up of traditional solidarity networks and psychological trauma had had a devastating effect on social and human capital.

The consequences are devastating.

The devastating impact of the Indian Ocean tsunami has reminded us all of the vulnerability of human life to natural disasters, and also of the disproportionate effect they have on poor people.

The results would be devastating.

Aware of the devastating effect that the continuing emergency, due to flooding, is having on the infrastructure of the country, its agricultural and fisheries sectors and the delivery of health and social services,

The political consequences could be similarly devastating.

The long run damage could be devastating.

Choosing the latter option would have devastating consequences.

This is the most devastating epidemic of our time.

Malaria is the primary cause of medical consultations (30 to 40 per cent), hospitalization, and hospital deaths, and it has a devastating effect on the health of mothers and pregnant women, and on newborns, by provoking low birth weight and anaemia.

The nature of most post cold war conflicts which more often than not are based on ethnic, cultural or religious confrontation means, even if those conflicts are subsequently internationalized, that they can have a devastating effect on the societies concerned.

Cuba firmly believes in the ability of African leaders to find solutions for the conflict situations that have a devastating effect on the economic and social advancement of the region and create an additional obstacle to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

This politically devastating sentiment fuels resentment against markets and financiers.

So it is with economic governance anarchy would be devastating.

The prairie fire in the 19th century were devastating affairs.

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The collapse of credit in the global financial system is having an even more devastating effect on the countries of the periphery than those at the center. Credit lines are withdrawn, maturing loans cannot be rolled over and trade finance has dried up.

The climate itself is sending a powerful and often devastating message.

But capitalist development has been even more devastating to Tibetan tradition.

A Nigerian blockade brought on devastating famine in Biafra during the conflict.

The depression had devastating effects in virtually every country, rich or poor.

It is believed that Myanmar continues to produce landmines, with devastating effects.

Noting with concern the devastating effects of the HIV AIDS pandemic on family life, as well as the devastating effects on family life of other infectious diseases, such as malaria and tuberculosis,

More recently, Kaufman was devastating in his cross examination of Goldman Sachs executives.

A decline in oil revenues could be devastating to the fledgling Iraqi government.

Meanwhile, drought alone was having a devastating impact on an additional nine regions.

It also underestimated the devastating impact of HIV AIDS on the growth process.

Families have been struck by devastating grief, losing loved ones, homes and livelihoods.

The debate is no longer on the grave and devastating effect of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights rather, the emerging consensus all over the globe is how to destroy the cancer that corruption has become and bring to account the perpetrators, no matter how highly placed.

That may sound obscure to a non economist, but it was a devastating indictment.

Over the past few months, the Tigers have suffered a series of devastating blows.

Others, such as V. ammodytes , are capable of injecting much more with devastating results.

Unfortunately, despite these measures, Al Qaida continues to be able to mount devastating attacks.

Bangladesh would be particularly vulnerable to the devastating effects of a major oil spill.

But the calamities of terrorism, if allowed, will be as devastating as natural disasters.

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