Quote Originally Posted by KingJaja View Post
There is no evidence that life in "democratic" Mali was better than life in "authoritarian" Uganda or Ethiopia.
Did you look for it?

I doubt that Mali was worse off than in Uganda or Ethiopia, not the least because of the influence of wars and epidemics.


Quality of Life index 2011
http://www1.internationalliving.com/qofl2011/

Uganda overall 51 points (climate 81)
Mali overall 49 points (climate 51)
Ethiopia overall 45 points (climate 92)

Looks like at least this metric favours Mali, since the exogenous factor of climate is what pulls it down.