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Countries that developed after political liberalization?

Are there any countries that developed after political liberalization - i.e the modern, rights-oriented democracies that we have today. China, South Korea, Russia and Singapore had either repressive dictatorships or "soft" authoritarianism. People could argue about Japan but one of the most important component of development - human capital and education- was developed prior to that. Like Germany had its infrastructure destroyed but thanks to human capital was able to spring back up. Other countries that escaped the middle income trap- Israel and Taiwan, don't fit this either because of one reason or another. Britain didn't bring much of liberal reforms (like wages/work conditions) until after significant gains from the industrial revolution and colonialism. Same can be said for USA, but I'll be looking for more recent examples preferably. What's remaining is probably countries that leveraged a scarce natural resource (OPECs, Nauru, etc), I don't know a lot about them but it doesn't seem to be the case among these either. 


So, any examples?
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You're going to have to clarify what you mean by bit development and liberalization; neither are binary concepts, and both seem to assume a linear path of progression for all countries.  

For instance, labour laws are not the same as liberalism, and in fact are a newer form of the imposition of state power.  

Colonialism and trade did create wealth in both the US and Britain prior to, say, the American Revolution, but then that was true for the ancient Phonecians and Greeks.   Certainly, those societies were still mostly agrarian, and would not be developed by our standards.