These functions were hampered by a lack of appropriate monitoring and reporting tools.

Although resources were being mobilized and reconstruction efforts were under way, the task was enormous and the process was hampered by the security situation.

What hampered Greenspan and Bernanke as financial regulators was that they were excessively in awe of Wall Street and what it does.

The German government had already explained in 2012 that German funded projects were being hampered or even destroyed in the Palestinian territories under Israeli control.

This senseless political warfare has hampered cross strait economic relations.

Their daily lives are still hampered by restrictions of movement.

However, police operations continue to be hampered by inadequate resources.

The deteriorating security situation in southern Sudan, however, hampered demining activities, which were suspended after the killing of two demining contractors on the Juba Nimule road.

Ms. Babadoudou (Benin) said that Government efforts to guarantee a woman's right to work were hampered by Benin's economic situation and its very high unemployment rate.

Although demining activities were severely hampered by the rainy season, humanitarian mine action was carried out in the Nuba Mountains, Rumbek, Yei, Kapoeta and El Fasher.

Reconstruction was hampered and the forthcoming elections would also be compromised.

The future of European Socialism is also hampered, strangely, by the EU.

However the city's development was hampered by regular major fires and floods.

The demining work itself is greatly hampered by a lack of funds.

These problems hampered healthy economic development, posing a threat to global security.

There was no policy of discrimination against indigenous populations, but education and awareness raising programmes were hampered by the instability and constant movement of the communities in question.

That tension hampered free food distribution for fear of distorting the local economy.

Their detection has been hampered by the anonymity that computer technology typically provides.

However, the effectiveness of the central security structures is hampered by resource limitations.

Thus, a change that is in everyone s interest is hampered by lack of coordination.

Nevertheless, the large scale damage had destroyed pre positioned supplies and had hampered access.

Wilders disagrees. No criticism of Islam, however offensive, should ever be hampered by political correctness.

The quality of country programmes of cooperation will be seriously hampered if this trend continues.

While China s economy is hampered by structural difficulties, the US is not free of similar challenges.

When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.

As a result, Inca expansion into the Amazon basin and the Pacific coast of Ecuador was hampered.

The lack of statistics has hampered analysis of the internationalization strategies of developing country enterprises, particularly SMEs.

The deployment of police personnel in the provinces is still hampered by a lack of accommodation, however.

Establishing consistent liaison with the Sudan Liberation Movement Army has been hampered by divisions within the group.

Internal divisions and limited capacity have hampered the Transitional Government's ability to decisively move the transition process forward.

The country's education sector is hampered by inadequate schools and supplies, as well as a lack of qualified teachers.

The major problem which UNIDO faced was the shortage of funds, which hampered full implementation of strategies and plans.

It was noted that, in some export sectors, the use of trade preferences had been hampered by restrictive rules.

With unpaid assessed contributions as high as 3,345 million, the normal functioning of the Organization risked being seriously hampered.

Currently, reform efforts are hampered by an acute lack of facilities, material resources, funding and qualified prosecutors and defence counsel.

This hampered cross ceasefire line cooperation, hindered progress in criminal investigations and limited the effectiveness of preventive anti crime efforts.

Recent violence has hampered assistance efforts, and we have seen a shocking new tactic the deliberate targeting of humanitarian personnel.

The operations of repatriation convoys have been hampered by bad road conditions, which have been further exacerbated by heavy rains.

The situation had been further compounded by globalization, which had intensified the inequalities confronting many women and hampered their opportunities.

That policy hampered the Agency's ability to provide emergency humanitarian assistance and carry out its educational, social and health programmes.

Among the reasons the President cited were continuing tensions between the organs of State sovereignty which, according to him, hampered the smooth functioning of State institutions and weakened the Government's capacity to pay salaries or to survive in parliament.

A smooth transition from relief to recovery has, however, been hampered by natural disasters (six years of continuous drought were followed in 2005 by extensive flooding), internal displacement, land rights issues and urban pressures due to the large influx of returnees.

Krugman is hampered by the fact that he attributes the crash to irrationality, which, as Cochrane points out, is no theory.

Asian countries such as Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Indonesia have done so without being hampered by their supposed Asian values.

The international comparability of databases maintained by international organizations is hampered because different revisions versions and levels of classification are applied.