short-term objective

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This can generate incentives for the authorities to establish myopic policies and development schemes, favoring short-term objectives at the expense of long-term objectives.
They will still focus more on short-term objectives (both outcome improvement and cost containment) than on optimal service for their clients' health status.
Most of the existing evaluations have been conducted on interventions that have explicit short-term objectives, while less attention has been paid to evaluating their sustainability and long-term benefits.
Further, some trustees may have long-term while others have short-term objectives, so setting investment benchmarks can be difficult in practice.
Whereas improvement of the literacy level is a long-term goal, more widespread and effective radio coverage and an improved programme of contacts by family planning personnel are important short-term objectives.
That is why we are sure we are right to concentrate our short-term objectives in that area.
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