How does a country develop so quickly?

The First Taxi in Tehran.

The reverse can be true, too. Botero points to the US. “The Republicans have both the House and Senate, and in a low-rule-of-law society, the government would be able to do whatever it wanted. That’s not the case in the United States,” he says. “Even priorities which are the stated priorities of the party in power have not been passing, because there are multiple checks on their power. So for the US, it is a story of success – so far."