good governance or "elections"?

in my humble opinion something has to give.in the 21st century and in an ever shrinking world, can a nation afford to spend years forming a stable democracy?will such an endeavour not lead to short term political instability?hence potentially harming economic growth.in a developing third world country isnt economic growth more of a priority?i feel that economic growth that leads to a betterment in the standard of living will inevitably lead to political freedom and democracy.economic growth will mean more people coming out of poverty,more people going to schools and universities and more people being exposed to the globalised environment.basically people becoming better voters.people becoming aware of their rights. in stead of politicians preying on for lack of a better word ignorant or helpless voters, politicians will have to earn their power.in pakistan this is exactly what is needed; good governance.forget elections or the sham politicians.just focus on delievering prosperity to the masses and see how in 15 years we will have a flourishing political arena.as long as the judiciary is not independent as it is in say india and as long as we have politicians worse than anywhere else in the world then lets just focus on achieving economic growth.china in a few years will have its elections.it is inevitable. but when in the future people read history they'll find out it was the communist party that gave prosperity to millions.it was a south korean dictatorship that changed the face of korea.it was mahathir's one man rule in malaysia that made malaysia and it was one party rule in japan that made japan.a benevolent dictator is better than our democracy.the hypocrisy is that the parties themselves arent democratic.do we have to endure cult based politics.for how long and to what end.?i apologise for my incoherent rambling.in conclusion i feel it is unfair to me a 24 year old growing up in pakistan and it is unfair to future generations to keep on having elections where the same people show up in parliaments and do nothing but plunder and terrorise.i for one do not buy the theory that if parliaments are allowed to finish their terms or if the electoral process is allowed to continue sooner or later things will work out.maybe they will maybe they wont.we dont have time to find out.so why not go the alternative route.the asian route.the successful route.finally there is no set roadmap.there is no law.there are only theories.India is a very rare example of a third world democracy achieving economic prosperity.but then all the Asean countries and china presently were not a democracy and look at what theyve acheived.