Many governments think that economic progress is their most important goal. Some people, however, think that other types of progress are equally important for a country. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

With many momentous factors contributing to overall economic

growth

, people’s opinions have differed as to whether economic development is the most crucial objective or other aspects that need to be considered equally. While there are some valid arguments for economic

growth

being the most essential target, I am of the opinion that many kinds of improvements are equally necessary to a nation. There are some conspicuous reasons why economic

growth

is widely regarded as a fundamental goal for countries.

Firstly

, there is a high strong probability that a buoyant economy creates new

opportunities

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opportunity

job, an abundance of skilled labours, and better levels of salary for all citizens which advocates raising people’s standard of living.

Secondly

, with a large sum of money earned, the government

credits economic

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credits, economic

progress with the improvement of social welfare and infrastructure.

For example

, the government would invest in traffic networks, hospitals and its education system. Despite the preceding arguments, I agree with those who argue that other aspects need to be appreciated as equal to economic

growth

. Industrialization, modernization, mineral and resource extraction are fields having dominant influences on

environment

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the environment

,

healthy

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health

, and social order of humans. It is numerous factories that attribute to air pollution,

this

is mainly because industrial activities create heavy smog eliminated directly into the air.

Moreover

, contaminated water accompanied by air pollution will affect not only health

humans but

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humans, but

also

flora and fauna if people use the water and the vegetation, absorbing polluted water in activities daily, which might cause serious diseases.

In addition

, increasingly more industrial companies are discharging toxic chemical waste into rivers, causing death to schools of fish and other aquatic animals. As an illustration, in 2016, sewage of Formosa company, concluding phenol and

xyanual

toxic combined with iron

hydroxide which

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hydroxide, which

was discharged to the sea, caused an inordinate amount of fish death living along seashores from Ha Tinh to Thua Thien Hue province and losing of

fishermen job

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a fisherman's job

fisherman's job

the fisherman's job

fisherman job

. In conclusion, a healthy economy is

obviously

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obvious

a vital element contributing to a country’s success, but social, environmental and health criteria are equally significant.