[rahulnair23]

One place this is abundantly clear is in the humanitarian sector, which I peeked into for a couple of years for a project.

For all the talk about participatory processes, the entire system is donor-focused. Its an army of well meaning folks from the Global North that are executing on an view set by donors.

There is grumbling about lack of "local capacity" but somehow disregard that expat staff move countries every few years and yet somehow have a strong grasp of local conditions.

Of course the situation isn't as binary and things are a bit more complex in real life - but makes you wonder why/how these structures persist.