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I choose this article because I think that it shows very well how sometimes we confuse economic growth with economic development. The article reports the benefits that the Gwardar port project would bring. According to the article the creation of this port should boost employment and it should lead to the creation of infrastructure that millions of vehicles would use. It is true that a big project normally creates employment, however in poor countries this project are normally created by international companies that pays small wages to the workers to reduce costs of production. For example, in Qatar there are many workers working in the construction of stadiums for the World Cup in 2022 but they face terrible conditions. If wages are small, the standard of life in Islamabad won't increase and they country will not achieve economic development. Also if this project will lead to a big increase in the number of vehicles in the country the environmental conditions will worse and the possible economic development may not become true.