Yet trade barriers were an obstacle to recovery and growth.

The debt burden continues to be a major obstacle to African economic growth and development.

More integration is preached at the European level, but implicitly portrayed at home as an obstacle to growth.

14. Albania apos s stock of capital, largely obsolete, is another major long term obstacle to future growth.

The lack of access to technology continued to be a significant obstacle to economic growth and development in the developing countries.

Intolerance is itself a form of violence and an obstacle to the growth of a true democratic spirit. Applause

The debt burden continued to undermine development efforts and remained a major obstacle to the economic recovery and growth of developing countries.

Failure will erect a huge obstacle to European economic growth for years to come, and could threaten the survival of the euro itself.

More than half of Latin American firms consider poor infrastructure to be a major obstacle to the operation and growth of their business.

Obstacle...!

But corruption poses the single largest obstacle to growth and development in many countries, especially as it diverts resources from the poor.

But in relation to the size of their economies, the debt burden is far too heavy and constitutes a major obstacle to sustained growth.

Although a lack of sustained growth has been a major obstacle to reducing poverty, it is important to ensure that the benefits of growth are redistributed for sectors such as education and health.

Looming obstacle!

Corruption is a major obstacle to economic development, costing billions of dollars a year that could otherwise be used to reduce poverty and promote economic growth.

Desertification poses a severe obstacle to development.

I see an obstacle.

33. The Meeting singled out widespread poverty as a critical factor exacerbating the consequences of rapid population growth and a major obstacle to fertility and mortality decline.

This has increasingly become the biggest obstacle to the growth of cross Strait relations, as well as the biggest immediate threat to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.

The representative of Cuba said that the main obstacle to SME survival and growth was the lack of access to financing, and that issue should be discussed by the Commission.

The first obstacle is cost.

Western education was an obstacle.

I identified the main obstacle.

The one major obstacle to Italian unity remained Rome.

Genital mutilation is also an obstacle to reproductive health.

The financial outlay constitutes a formidable obstacle to development.

It is one obstacle you need to get over.

40. Mr. AMMARIN (Jordan) said that the ramifications of the external debt crisis, which constituted a major obstacle to development and growth in the developing world, varied from one country to another.

The preeminent obstacle to peace is Israel s colonization of Palestine.

The only obstacle remaining to Palestinian leaders are the Americans.

Borders shouldn t be an obstacle to their chance of safety.

Current debt burdens were a major obstacle to sustainable development.

They'll call me a vamp, public enemy, obstacle to progress.

What obstacle? Tell me quickly, Guran.

Here's the crux of the obstacle.

And the main obstacle, it turned out and this is a sad realization the main obstacle was me.

Debt servicing constituted a serious obstacle to growth and development in third world countries, since it absorbed a significant portion of the limited domestic and external resources of the debtor countries.

Indeed, cost both to users and to ISPs is the second obstacle.

It poses, for example, no obstacle whatsoever to a criminal investigation.

MDR is the most important obstacle to controlling TB in Europe

Actions of transnational companies could sometimes be an obstacle to development.

They are the biggest obstacle to the success of those countries.

51. Deteriorating terms of trade were a further obstacle to development.

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But it is not the only obstacle.