Botswana isn’t a great short-term success story like some of the former Eastern Bloc nations, but it has had a stable democracy since 1966 (when it became an independent nation) and is steadily increasing it’s economic capabilities. AIDS has hit the country hard, but the government has taken solid steps to slow down the spread of AIDS and has made significant progress. Botswana has very low corruption, especially for an African nation, and has many reasons to be proud of it’s efforts.
While most nations in Africa are rife with corruption, tribalism, communism, Islamic influences, and a culture that punishes success, there are nations like Botswana which are truly “developing nations”.
Do you consider Botswana to be a first world nation?
If not, what would you infer is the period necessary for it to approach first-world status? Five generations? Ten? A hundred?
Keep in mind that all existing First-World countries achieved that status with no voluntary outside "AID."