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

The Growing Sustainable Business (GSB) initiative for poverty reduction, adopted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) aims to facilitate and increase investment and business activities that have a positive impact on sustainable development and the Millennium Development Goals.

This may impact business conditions in the islands.

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.

That programme should have a positive impact on the business environment, helping to attract not only privatization, but also non privatization related foreign direct investment, and facilitating private sector activity in the medium term.

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.

The results are people satisfaction, customer satisfaction, impact on society, and business results.

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

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.

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.

Indeed, a large scale invasion of Russian business would be a positive development, because it would foster economic interdependence.

The consultation process revealed a growing interest in the impact of universal human rights standards on business.

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.

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.

Surmounting these business challenges is an expensive and slow process, and new ventures require many years to become cash positive.

Draft article 6 should therefore be amended to create a positive obligation of disclosure of a party's place of business.

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.

Regardless of whether the project is to launch a new product range or discontinue unprofitable parts of the business, the change will have some impact on business processes and systems.

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.

There are several key areas where the legal and regulatory framework could have a strong impact on the business environment.

Yet America s legacy of global leadership over the past six decades, warts and all, is unprecedented in its relative benevolence and positive impact.