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

The effectiveness of a country's leaders is best measured by examining the well-being of that country's citizens. keNaO
Whether a country's citizens' well being should be directly linked with the efficacy of the leader is a moot question. The prompt suggests that the effectiveness of a country’s leader is best measured by the wellbeing of its citizens. In my opinion, I concur with this suggestion and argue that the litmus test for the measure of effective governance is the combined welfare of all its citizens for two reasons. No doctrinaire leader has ever been regarded in the annals of history as an asset to the nation. The image and perception of the leader are strongly correlated with the changes he or she has affected for its general populace, for the struggles he or she has pioneered on behalf of the citizens. The example Nelson Mandela on the one hand and those of Adolf Hitler on the other are testaments to this. In countries like North Korea, where dictatorship is the form of government, most of the people are indigent. They don't have enough food to eat as the rise of Covid 19 has seen the horrid rise in inflating prices. Their children are dying of starvation and the only thing responsible for this is the ineffectiveness of its leaders. The supreme leader of North Korea doesn't have good relations with most of the countries. Instead of providing food to the people of the country, he focuses more on the military arsenal and wants to prove to the world that his nation is an example of a perfect nation. Thus, most countries don't have good relations with North Korea and have imposed sanctions. Here, the ineffectiveness of the leader of North Korea is causal to the citizens of North Korea living in a pitiful state. When leaders are widely celebrated around the country but their policies and work have no effect on the well being of its citizens, they’re ineffective. For instance, in India, there are a lot of people who think that the current leader is very effective. He has maintained good relations with other countries, focusses on Foreign Direct Investment to help the citizens of the country and provide them with jobs so that they can provide for themselves and their families. Still, there are more people in India, who go to sleep without a meal than the number of people who are benefitting from these policies. India being a paragon for a country with a conventionally accepted leader but with a mix of both classes of people: those who are living luxurious lives and those who are living below the poverty line. Here, however victorious the governance of the Indian government seems, the mass majority of India is poverty stricken, alluding to an ineffective leader. History has shown crisis management to be a great factor in understanding what a good leader and a bad one does to a country. The coronavirus being an ongoing crisis, the response from nations around the world has proven how a great leader shapes the country’s well being in difficult situations. Jacinda Arden, New Zealand’s prime minister, who proves what an exceptional leader she is. Navigating the Covid-19 pandemic by acting swiftly and effectively communicating the thinking behind those actions to New Zealand’s five million citizens. Taking a 20 per cent wage cut, a gesture of solidarity with those who have lost their jobs or been forced to accept a reduced salary as a result of the turmoil caused by the lockdown. Ardern gave us a glimpse of a different kind of leadership, one that puts kindness at the top of the agenda. As her country, which has just 32 active cases of coronavirus, continues to live life without lockdown restrictions, having a remarkable impact on New Zealand since she came to power in 2017. Thanks to her strong leadership during the pandemic, a recent poll found that Ardern is the country’s most popular leader in 100 years. Almost 92 per cent of respondents say they support the measures she has implemented. Thus, an exceptional leader’s worth depends on its citizens' welfare. One can argue that the country is not completely in the hands of its government but the citizens also shape it, and while that opinion isn’t completely wrong, it isn’t completely right. For a well functioning country we need well functioning leaders who believe in equality and rights of its citizens thus creating policies that benefit the masses. In conclusion, the efficacy of a leader undeniably rests on the health of the citizens. Which is most holistically measured when economic, social and civil aspects are taken into consideration. Only a leader who succeeds in ensuring all these in balanced quantities to its citizens, would be regarded as a stellar leader.
Whether a country's citizens'
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well being
should be
directly
linked with the efficacy of the
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leader
is a moot question. The prompt suggests that the effectiveness of a
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country’s
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leader
is best measured by the
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wellbeing
of its
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citizens
. In my opinion, I concur with this suggestion and argue that the litmus
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test
for the measure of effective governance is the combined welfare of all its
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citizens
for two reasons.

No doctrinaire
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leader
has ever
been regarded
in the annals of history as an asset to the
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nation
. The image and perception of the
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leader
are
strongly
correlated with the
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changes
he or she has
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affected
for its general populace, for the struggles he or she has pioneered on behalf of the
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citizens
. The example Nelson Mandela on the one hand and those of Adolf Hitler on the other are testaments to this. In
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countries
like
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North
Korea, where dictatorship is the form of
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government
, most of the
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people
are indigent. They don't have
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enough
food to eat as the rise of
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Covid 19
has
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seen
the horrid rise in inflating prices. Their children are dying of starvation and the
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only
thing responsible for this is the ineffectiveness of its
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leaders
. The supreme
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leader
of
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North
Korea doesn't have
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good
relations with most of the
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countries
.
Instead
of providing food to the
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people
of the
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country
, he focuses more on the military arsenal and wants to prove to the world that his
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nation
is an example of a perfect
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nation
.
Thus
, most
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countries
don't have
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good
relations with
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North
Korea and have imposed sanctions. Here, the ineffectiveness of the
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leader
of
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North
Korea is causal to the
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citizens
of
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North
Korea living in a pitiful state.

When
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leaders
are
widely
celebrated around the
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country
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but
their policies and work have no effect on the
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well being
of its
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citizens
, they’re ineffective.
For instance
, in India, there are
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a lot of
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people
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who
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think
that the
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current
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leader
is
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very
effective. He has maintained
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good
relations with other
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countries
,
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focusses
on Foreign Direct Investment to
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help
the
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citizens
of the
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country
and provide them with jobs
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so
that they can provide for themselves and their families.
Still
, there are more
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people
in India,
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who
go to sleep without a meal than the number of
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people
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who
are
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benefitting
from these policies. India being a paragon for a
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country
with a
conventionally
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accepted
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leader
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but
with a mix of both classes of
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people
: those
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who
are living luxurious
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lives
and those
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who
are living below the poverty line. Here,
however
victorious the governance of the Indian
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government
seems, the mass majority of India is
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poverty stricken
, alluding to an ineffective leader.

History has shown crisis management to be a great factor in understanding what a
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good
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leader
and a
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bad
one does to a
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country
. The coronavirus being an ongoing crisis, the response from
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nations
around the world has proven how a great
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leader
shapes the
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country’s
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well being
in difficult situations.
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Jacinda
Arden, New Zealand’s prime minister,
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who
proves what an exceptional
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leader
she is. Navigating the Covid-19 pandemic by acting
swiftly
and
effectively
communicating the thinking behind those actions to New Zealand’s five million
You use this word too often, consider replacing it with
citizens
. Taking a 20 per cent wage
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cut
, a gesture of solidarity with those
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who
have lost their jobs or
been forced
to accept a
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reduced
salary
as a result
of the turmoil caused by the lockdown.
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Ardern
gave us a glimpse of a
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different
kind of leadership, one that puts kindness at the top of the agenda. As her
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country
, which has
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just
32 active cases of coronavirus, continues to
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live
life without lockdown restrictions, having a remarkable impact on New Zealand since she came to power in 2017. Thanks to her strong leadership during the pandemic, a recent poll found that
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Ardern
is the
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country’s
most popular
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leader
in 100 years. Almost 92 per cent of respondents
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say
they support the measures she has implemented.
Thus
, an exceptional
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leader’s
worth depends on its citizens' welfare.

One can argue that the
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country
is not completely in the hands of its
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government
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but
the
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citizens
also
shape it, and while that opinion isn’t completely
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wrong
, it isn’t completely right. For a
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well
functioning
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country
we need
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well
functioning
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leaders
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who
believe in equality and rights of its
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citizens
thus
creating policies that benefit the masses.
In conclusion
, the efficacy of a
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leader
undeniably
rests on the health of the
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citizens
. Which is most
holistically
measured when economic, social and civil aspects
are taken
into consideration.
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Only
a
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leader
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who
succeeds in ensuring all these in balanced quantities to its
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citizens
, would
be regarded
as a stellar
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leader
.

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

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