I’ve been wondering about those instances in which the government of a less-developed nation, facing some dire national problem, hires international consultants and gives them free rein to map out a solution.
(The only example I can think of offhand is economist Jeffrey Sachs’s work on Poland’s market-economy transformation after 1989.)
Given the potential for dramatic results but also for culture clash, there must be some colorful stories among the case studies out there.
Do you know of any illustrious examples? The bigger the project’s scope was, the better!