I think EA is missing education as a priority. Here are the best reading on the subject.
Education and Health: Redrawing the Preston Curve Wolfgang Lutz Endale Kebede
Global Sustainable Development priorities 500 y after Luther: Sola schola et sanitate Wolfgang Lutz
Hunger and Public Action by Amartya Sen and Jean Dreze
all of them freely available online to read
Chile was ahead of much of South America in 1950, I wouldn’t give credit solely to the last 40 years of policies. Data for Education, Income, Life Expectancy only Cuba was ahead in terms of both Income and Education (by a little bit) every other country was behind including Brazil
I would not put Singapore in the same bucket as China, overall agree that those countries were authoritarian, however plenty of other authoritarian countries did far worse. South Africa is one example. All of those countries in your list had universal basic education before economic growth, was that the driver in improvements in income?
Indonesia had a much more authoritarian history than India. India’s first Prime Minister prioritized industrialization calling dams and heavy industry as temples of modern india. Kerala a state in India (followed by Tamil Nadu later) prioritized basic education and healthcare which formed the Kerala Model and now ranks at the top of Indian state by HDI
They do want it, but first to evaluate “pro-growth” arguments they need basic education.