ElM, keep in mind that unless the values are actually applied, they are not there. NZ is now a bludger society. VVV have been abandoned. We have been going downhill for decades as a result. There is no bottom, as Zimbabwe and Rwanda show. To the extent that VVV are maintained, countries do well.
<If the values were that good why they got independent? >
Independence was largely taken because Great Britain gave up the empire as not being such a great deal and the local power brokers did what megalomaniacs do = seize the opportunity for self-aggrandisement. The gullible local yokels fell for the line, much to their later regret though they largely don't understand the reason for their downfalls.
Idi Amin could do what he wanted once he was top dog.
Great Britain itself gave up VVV and ended up with The British Disease, steadily sliding downhill and it's now a pale shadow of its former glory. Marxist mores were adopted en masse. Strikes and huge taxes enervated the producers. Spivs, bludgers, criminals and kleptocrats had a field day.
Meanwhile, the Asians, having waded in muck for a century, decided that some VVV were a good idea. As a result, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and now China made enormous gains [and that was with only a dose of VVV, not the whole deal].
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