positive development
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpositiveanddevelopment
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positive
adjective
uk/ˈpɒz.ə.tɪv/us/ˈpɑː.zə.t̬ɪv/
full of hope and confidence, or giving cause for hope ...
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development
noun
uk/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/us/dɪˈvel.əp.mənt/
the process in which someone or something grows or changes and becomes ...
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(Definition ofpositiveanddevelopmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thispositivedevelopmenthas occurred because local-level actors respond to a different set of incentives than the ones constraining national politicians.
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For many scholars this is apositivedevelopment.
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Despite thispositivedevelopment, the financial incentive was discontinued in mid-1996.
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Positivedevelopmentat step 3 leads to acquiescence, which facilitates subsequent social learning, whereas negative developments lead to defiance and social alienation.
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Thispositivedevelopmenthas been very much supported by a coherent socio-economic policy.
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This is an extremelypositivedevelopment, but it could serve as a barrier to communication between the two generations.
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Some expressed worries about the negative influences that social changes had on younger people, and thought that guidance was indispensable for theirpositivedevelopment.
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The issue of pathways to resilience orpositivedevelopmentare tackled in terms of different sequencing of positive and negative circumstances through different lifestages.
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Although onepositivedevelopmentis that governments again condemn special needs housing, this does not represent a conversion to empowerment.
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On the one hand, it is apositivedevelopmentthat electoral processes no longer have to be just transparent, but also equitable.
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Nurse prescribing has been largely apositivedevelopmentso far, although the research contains methodological weaknesses and some gaps, according to this literature review.
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Representatives of international agencies justified this situation by regarding it as apositivedevelopmentthat the local authorities took initiatives.
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Suchpositivedevelopmentmay be expected in the future.
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The localisation of production in regional networks of firms was viewed as apositivedevelopmentstemming from globalisation and increased demand for more specialised rather than mass-produced standardised products.
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Nonetheless, the fact that the party list was established in 1997, under which two legislative elections were held, regardless of the controversies that surrounded them, is apositivedevelopment.
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He distinguishes the processes of technical and institutional innovation, and illustrates through case study examples how institutional innovations came about and gave rise topositivedevelopmentoutcomes.
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Providing this information is in itself apositivedevelopment, but based on our study it can only be valued in terms of a first step toward openness and public debate.
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