Reddy said he wanted to make surprise inspections to check the effectiveness of such policies as drought alleviation and unemployment.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

They lost everything they had but the clothes on their back." Wilson says these men demonstrated their loyalty and their effectiveness as fighters.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

She and her colleagues have just completed a review of 11 medical studies that measured the effectiveness of advance provision of emergency contraception.

VOA: standard.2010.03.22

"Moreover,the insights provided by our role in supervising a range of banks, including community banks significantly increases our effectiveness in making monetary policy and fostering financial stability."

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

He says the threat of terrorism cannot be completely eliminated but the dual strategy of decapitating the leadership and confronting its ideology will limit its effectiveness in the future.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

But groups say they are pessimistic about the effectiveness of reforms, that include adoption of a human rights charter and the setting up of a rights commission to oversee issues of abuses in Southeast Asia.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

We must seek rapid growth of Afghan national security forces, and that is the army and the police, and we must improve their effectiveness and our own through closer partnering, and this means we must plan together, live together, operate together and take advantage of each other's strengths as we move forward,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.01