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

The resources available for those purposes were of course very limited, a factor which placed a major constraint on the positive impact of activities at the country level.

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.

The impact of HIV AIDS is of major concern.

Nevertheless, to have a major impact, they must be extended.

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.

To explain the major reasons for, and impact of, OFDI and

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

One delegation suggested that taking up such a commitment at the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference and implementing it could have a major positive impact on the trade and development of a number of the poorest developing countries.

The Palestinian Authority bears a major responsibility for achieving positive political and economic development.

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.

Britain has made major positive contributions to Europe, particularly with respect to the single market.

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.

A human rights approach can play a major positive role here if allowed to be engaged.

The major challenge is to build on and sustain positive changes that resulted from the transition.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Traffic accidents have a major economic impact on many families and thus on many national economies.

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.

The impact is particularly vivid in trade finance, where European banks have been major participants in Asia.

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.