"The effectiveness of a country's leaders is best measured by examining the well-being of that country's citizens." - Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the pos

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"The effectiveness of a country's leaders is best measured by examining the well-being of that country's citizens." -

Write a response in which you discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the statement and explain your reasoning for the position you take. In developing and supporting your position, you should consider ways in which the statement might or might not hold true and explain how these considerations shape your position.

This is a very relevant topic in today's age of ever increasing instances of corruption among the ruling political parties, cases of skeletons tumbling out of presidents' & premiers' closets. In a world which already utilizes a wide variety of estimates to ascertain the level of development of a country in various areas & hence ascertain the level of effectiveness of its ruling leaders - such as, economic growth, Gross Domestic Product, export to import ratio, poverty level of the population, extent of the population's education - I completely agree with the argument presented in the statement...

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Sentence: Emphasizing on the word 'relevant', some of the measures that can be included in such an estimate are - law & order, level of emancipation of women, eradication & decrease of poverty levels, growth & spread of education, improvment in the health of children & mothers.
Error: improvment Suggestion: improvement

Sentence: As a second point, it is worth mentioning that if a particular government works sincerely & diligently, accomplising or at least trying to accomplish to the best of its abilities all the objectives it presents to the public while asking for their votes, the quality of life of its citizens will automatically increase.
Error: accomplising Suggestion: accomplishing

Sentence: Thus, if all other ambiguous measures of estimate are replaced by the one proposed by the argument, then it is not hard to realize that its the mmost efficient one that can be used.
Error: mmost Suggestion: most

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