Foreign personnel
Many developing countries lack the specialist skills required to get project off the ground. Education and training are long process, and during an interim period important skill can undoubtedly be of assistance. The types of aid given under this heading are referred to as technical cooperation and cover several broad categories of personnel, namely consultants, specialists funded by donor countries or international agencies to fill posts in developing countries, contracts and volunteers.
The foreign expert is more likely to be neutral, not involved in political or ethnic difficulties, better able to express unpopular views where a local person might feel inhibited. Governments of developing countries often consider that it is more prestigious to bring in a foreign expert and also that by doing so they are more likely to get aid.
Moreover, so long as the consultant is responsible for the outcome of the project the local counterpart may feel frustrated by his lack of power