Other factors involved, could probably have been done back then but would have been highly problematic as DS and kazahrians would still be in place and the clean up would not have happened, if the financial change was successful there is a good chance that the cleanup would never have happened...

Best way to go about it is dealing with all the variables(you don't beat an enemy by wining only one front), but that invariably means that the progress of one would hold back something else that could have been done faster....