As a proxy for elite quality can I suggest this list of Real World Development Indicators, hot off the presses:

• Number of tall buildings not occupied by the government or United Nations
• Probability that the President/Prime Minister seeks medical treatment in own country
• Proportion of political leaders younger than the average life expectancy
• Proportion of resort vacationers from that or neighboring countries
• Percent of young people that prefer to start a business rather than world for an NGO
• Percent of undergraduate students taking a real major, rather than development studies
• Number of wrecked airplanes near the runway of the main airport
• Proportion of NGO websites not written in English or French
• Number of people who take pictures of you
• Percent of people too busy to answer your survey
• Number of government officials who give foreign experts the “who the hell are you?” look