World Bank Knowledge Index|Knowledge Index and Emancipative values

I have some concerns that the idea of Emancipative values, and some of the factors of the index have a Western bias.

Apparently the Knowledge Index explains 70% of the variation in Emancipative values in a country, better than GDP.

Because the World Bank Knowledge Index|Knowledge Index explains about 70% of the variation in Emancipative values across countries, this might be one of the most direct lines to helping people.