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>"start building up their infrastructure like water plants and schools"

That has been tried. It doesn't work.

TLDR: You can build this stuff. But it's a waste of money without the human resources necessary to keep the infrastructure resources running & maintained.

Who do you think is going to run & maintain schools & infrastructure? Let's delve a little deeper--

If you spend time in a developing country, or research their demographics you'll see why.

Let me give you one example: Mexico.

"While SEP data show that nearly all students who complete lower-secondary education enroll in upper-secondary school, the nationwide graduation rate is currently just 67 percent." https://wenr.wes.org/2019/05/education-in-mexico-2 )

Mexico is doing pretty good actually.

So, let's see about a more relevant example: Afghanistan.

"Afghanistan it has, according publishes UNESCO, an adult literacy rate of 31.74%."

https://countryeconomy.com/demography/literacy-rate/afghanis...

The answer is:

Sure, you can build this stuff. But it's a waste of money without the human resources necessary to keep the infrastructure resources running & maintained.



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