Senegalese Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye has cited high interest rates as a major impediment to GDP growth.

Environmental degradation in Asia not only harms its population s health, but will become an impediment to growth.

The 2005 World Summit Outcome stressed the need to find a timely, effective, comprehensive and durable solution to developing countries' debt problems, which were a major impediment to sustainable growth.

(c) It may be an impediment to electronic commerce.

However, in countries that were short of human capital and lacked the capacity to replace the loss of their most qualified workers, such outflows were a major impediment to economic growth.

One frequent practical impediment to international trade relates to the multiplicity

But the size of the welfare state and the erosion of incentives to work, save, and invest, owing to high taxes and bloated transfer payments is a major impediment to faster income growth.

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The mismatch between the time horizon of available funding and that of investors and entrepreneurs, particularly those in developing economies, is a source of vulnerability that acts as an impediment to growth.

Another impediment is the dominance of large banks.

Where she was born should not be an impediment to her prospects.

That energy shortage in developing countries is a basic impediment to development.

The non extradition of nationals remains an important legal impediment to extradition.

Russia argued that America s insistence on Assad s immediate departure was an impediment to peace.

The second is the elimination of child labour, which is a major impediment to education.

One particular impediment is high seas governance, or the lack thereof.

Failed states, it was now acknowledged, were no less an impediment to development than were overbearing states.

The cultivation of illicit drug crops remains a serious impediment to the sustainable development of some countries.

The biggest impediment to such an education are the mass media, with its tendency to cultivate superficiality and amusement.

The world needs strong voices advocating for internet users right to express themselves and to access information without impediment.

Even with the aggressive implementation of cleaner vehicle technologies, there remains a strong motivation to reduce demand for personal vehicle transport, because crippling traffic congestion is a serious impediment to economic growth, quality of life and personal safety in countless places around the world.

Fear of violence is a serious impediment to women's participation in all forms of social and economic life.

Lack or inaccuracy of reporting is a key impediment to assessing the extent and nature of the problem.

In some areas, the lack of security is still an impediment to effective humanitarian assistance and project implementation.

It also represents a serious impediment to the conduct of effective investigations in Darfur by national judicial bodies.

They were a major impediment to post conflict reconstruction in Afghanistan, including major road repair and utilities projects.

At a time when bank capital is scarce, that impediment carries significant economic costs.

A major impediment to the success of these industries was the lack of a natural harbour at Coopers Town.

Supporters of such research are framing criticism of it as opposition to saving children s lives and an impediment to scientific development.

Illiteracy is a definite impediment for citizens of Pakistan, including women, in realizing their rights.

Therefore, desertification ranks among the greatest environmental challenges today and is a major impediment to meeting basic human needs in drylands.

The cultivation, production and trafficking of narcotic drugs is another impediment to the consolidation of peace, stability and development in Afghanistan.

Secondly, an expansion involving six new permanent seats would constitute a formidable impediment to the effective functioning of the Security Council.

The procedure for indirect access should not be so burdensome and time consuming as to act as an impediment to access to bank information.

Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was released, and he spoke clearly.

The main impediment to further progress is that two competing narratives have emerged to explain Europe s economic travails and lay out a path forward.

They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.

The world should be thankful that there is at least one. Where she was born should not be an impediment to her prospects.

As is rightly pointed out by the Secretary General, poverty and associated problems remain a major impediment to the progress of youth worldwide.

Unilateral sanctions, imposed outside the United Nations, were a violation of the sovereignty of developing countries and an impediment to their sustainable development.

This impediment to communication will be removed by the end of 2005, when the staff will again be accommodated in a single building.

The lack of adequate capacity in many developing countries is a serious impediment to the implementation of the Convention and its related agreements.

If not resolved, this issue will create a major impediment to the proper planning and execution of audit assignments, particularly for field audits.

A Book sent down to thee so let there be no impediment in thy breast because of it to warn thereby , and as a reminder to believers

A Book sent down to thee so let there be no impediment in thy breast because of it to warn thereby , and as a reminder to believers