anchor: But although these countries were generally satisfied with the progress they had made, they continued to struggle with a number of important issues, such as the acceptable level of risk and the extent to which decisionmaking authority should be devolved to a given organizational level.
positive: These countries were generally satisfied with their progress, they struggled with a number of issues.
negative: The acceptable level of risk and the extent to which authority should be devolved was not one of the important issues.