[eCa]

But you don't need to get into politics directly.

If you create a business that solves a local problem (local to the poor country of choice) good enough, and fairly enough, you can create ripple effects. Maybe not at national levels, but at regional and municipal levels.

Not easy, but not impossible.

(At least I hope so when I got my rose-tinted glasses on.)

[gus_massa]

Corruption. Remember that if you go to one of the 20 poorest or tyrannical countries of the word, you will probably go to one of the 20 more corrupt countries in the word. So while creating a successful business you will be "asked" to share a part of it, and I hope you can keep enough to create the ripple effects.

[chii]

this is the point where you find your own private army and say no to sharing the wealth with the corrupt.

[kaybe]

And this is where you get civil war at some point.

[ewolf]

Alright, that sounds feasible, albeit being on an entirely different scale.