The New Partnership for Africa's Development is particularly encouraging.

But Europe s focus must be on encouraging the development of local agriculture.

International trade has a central role to play in promoting, encouraging and supporting development activities.

Likewise, other proposals on innovative forms of development financing to generate additional sources of finance are encouraging.

Attracting development assistance is in some respects as competitive as encouraging foreign direct investment by developing countries.

Encouraging the development of initiatives to promote private sector engagement in technology transfer and technological and scientific cooperation,

To sum up, it is not about encouraging development with one hand and impeding it with the other.

The recent reduction in negative rhetoric and increase in high level contacts in the region is an encouraging development.

(b) Encouraging multilateral, bilateral, donor and development agencies to include in their programmes of assistance activities that strengthen national machineries

In parallel with economic achievements, the reform process in Viet Nam has also seen encouraging development in the social field.

(b) Encouraging multilateral, bilateral, donor and development agencies to include in their programmes of assistance, activities that strengthen national machineries

Working with schools is another important vehicle for disseminating information to youth and encouraging their involvement in sustainable development activities.

It is encouraging to note that the articulation of the road map for the implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme was the most important development during the year.

Recognizing the importance to all countries of strong, effective and efficient insolvency regimes as a means of encouraging economic development and investment,

Mr. Kasanda highlighted the importance of encouraging the full and equal participation of Afro descendant women in decision making and policy development.

(c) Encouraging the inclusion of the promotion and protection of the right to development in technical cooperation assistance to countries, upon request

The withdrawal of Israel from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank is indeed an encouraging development in the region.

The Agency's functions include encouraging and assisting research on, and development and practical application of, atomic energy for peaceful uses throughout the world.

Encouraging the completion of the interim Afghanistan National Development StrategyS 2006 105, annex. by early 2008, as well as further efforts of the Government of Afghanistan to achieve the Millennium Development Goals,

The list included tales of troubling humanitarian emergencies and fragile post conflict situations, as well as encouraging stories about human rights, health and development.

The continuous strengthening of relations with neighbouring countries, particularly with Indonesia, is also an encouraging development for the security and viability of the State.

In this regard, the example of Japan, which revised its Official Development Assistance Charter in 2003 to include provision for fostering participation of its citizens in volunteer activities in development abroad, is encouraging.

Here, Sweden s experience is encouraging.

All of this is encouraging.

There are some encouraging signs.

The results were not encouraging.

These are hardly encouraging signs.

This is all very encouraging.

The results have been encouraging.

This challenge must be addressed on several fronts, such as subsidizing mass transit development and use, encouraging smart growth urban development patterns and enacting public communication and incentive programmes to influence personal transport choices.

As noted before, a major recent development is the 2002 amendment of the Public Tender Law, adding section 2B, aimed at encouraging women in business.

Those encouraging achievements notwithstanding, many obstacles stand in the way of the attainment of NEPAD objectives and of the Millennium Development Goals on the continent.

The fact that they are happening at all and, if my Beijing experience is any guide, in a constructive, problem solving spirit is an encouraging development.

The Glocal Forum is an international organization in the field of city to city cooperation encouraging peace building and international development in the non governmental sector.

The role of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration will be significant in Haiti's transition and the establishment of a National Commission on Disarmament is an encouraging development.

In that connection, it was encouraging to learn that Habitat programme managers were assigned to United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) country offices to assist resident coordinators.

There was now an encouraging trend among international organizations towards making the development dimension an integral part of work programmes. UNIDO should adopt the same approach.

The declaration made on 23 August by the Government of Uganda, that six MRC leaders are personae non gratae on Ugandan territory, is an encouraging development.

Effective insolvency regimes are increasingly seen as a means of encouraging economic development and investment, as well as fostering entrepreneurial activity and the preserving of employment.

So far, the results are encouraging.

The initial response had been encouraging.

Encouraging universal consumption of iodized salt.

Encouraging private capital flows and remittances

The Organization of the Islamic Conference held the view that good governance was a key to socio economic development and that the signs of improvement were encouraging.

One of the most encouraging shifts in recent years has been the increase in official development assistance (ODA), after a decade of steady decline in the 1990s.