No society will grow or develop when the leaders or government aren't doing their job right. Many failed society was colb as the result bad form of government projected powers and administrative costs.
Partly to blame for this are the citizens who keep voting corrupt people into the government; they are getting bad governance because they are not changing the way they vote; many of these voters still vote based on their candidates popularity and how these candidates gave them money during the election, not knowing that it's their own money that these politicians are giving.
For a country to move and escape the virus of bad governance, there should be widespread education on who they need to vote; by placing the right people in the government, they have chosen the way good governance that will lead to economic growth