The legal system, perhaps. Numerous former colonies have adopted British or French law for use in their own countries. My point was that the law itself often i

The legal system, perhaps. Numerous former colonies have adopted British or French law for use in their own countries. My point was that the law itself often isn't the problem. China and India have strong laws; they just aren't enforced properly. The problem is corruption and lack of cultural values and professionalism in those institutions. To use a startup analogy, the problem is not in lack of good ideas, the problem lies in the execution.