'progress and growth' is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to refer to an increase in development or proficiency in a particular area, or to describe a situation wherein something is in a better condition than it was previously. For example, "The new team manager has been instrumental in the company's progress and growth over the past year."
Did signs of progress and growth outweigh the blunder?
No wonder we strive to please; for your continued patronage makes possible our progress and growth.
They are against a flashy rail project in Stuttgart, against nuclear power and, say their critics, against progress and growth.
President Obama's Blueprint for Reform says that "instead of a single snapshot, we will recognize progress and growth".
One old reason to stay -- pursuit of the bigger-is-better American dogma of progress and growth -- fits Reydon like a glove on a goat.
The country's sad record of political conflict since then, coupled with environmental problems and the ravages of the countrywide AIDS epidemic, hindered progress and growth for many years.
Energy plays the most vital role in the economic growth, progress, and development, as well as poverty eradication and security of any nation.
We have thematically coded the material by using the prevalent categories of Malaska's theory (communication and technology, social vs. technical skills, organisational units, and progress, development and growth).
The DP went on to explain that "2015 was a good year for Kenya.....a period of progress, stability and growth in which we advanced our common prosperity through programs and projects across a variety of sectors".
Capitalism meant exorbitant wealth at the top, but it also meant rapid technological progress and economic growth.
Since the 1960's, futurists have consistently overestimated the future rate of technological progress and economic growth.
