There is always a huge and easy-to-implement potential for stagnation and regular regressions, let alone for hard and long work before actual progress happens.

There is always a huge and easy-to-implement potential for stagnation and regular regressions, let alone for hard and long work before actual progress happens. Look at Russia - it also is fairly rich and democratic (as compared many other countries, although hardly an example of democracy in itself) yet you can hardly observe much prosperity (but for a small selection of people) starting there. African prosperity may start in Kenya but this will probably take at least 100 years.