Dr. Hussam Youssef writes: Why do governments of developing countries fail?

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No one disagrees that the third world countries" main issue lies in poor management, poor planning, unclear future vision, and other things, and management scholars have analyzed this aspect, especially since all attempts to apply and, if we want to be precise, imitate the Western administrative model that is characterized by accuracy and rigor have failed government agencies in the developing world to adopt and benefit from it on the ground, and specialists differed in the reasons for this, attributing the failure of management in the third world countries to the fact that these countries are not suitable for Western models. He attributed the failure of management in third world countries to the fact that these countries are not suitable for Western models, because the environment is different and the nature of the issues and the anthropological nature of the population is also not identical or even similar to Western countries, so imported models are not suitable and must be replaced with others that are formulated with internal models to conform to the ideologies and ideas of society.

Fard Riggs did not differ much from Hedi, in that the ineffectiveness or failure of management in third world countries has nothing to do with adopting Western models or modifying their formulation, but rather it is due to the presence of environmental factors that he referred to as having to do with the prevailing political, economic and social environment.

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Milton Essman, on the other hand, preferred to be in between the two previous views in his analysis, in which he explained that reformulating Western models and adapting them to the nature of the country may minimize the issue, and the question to be asked, according to him, is how administrators in third world countries can adapt Western models to suit their different ways and cultures.

Milton Essman, on the other hand, preferred to be in between the two views in his analysis in which he explained that reformulating Western models and adapting them to the nature of the country may minimize the issue.

Despite these great scholars, I agree with them that blind application leads to disappointing results, and I add to them that the failure of management in these countries is not solely due to the incompatibility of the environment, as they all tend to believe. They have completely forgotten the role of the qualified human element and the soft forces responsible for change, application and correct administrative transformation. The bottom line is that Western models, despite their success and superiority in their homeland, are not necessarily successful in another environment or another country, as Western countries have created administrative systems according to their size, not the size of others, and for developing countries to search for administrative systems that meet their ambitions and control the rhythm of institutional work that is gnawed by neglect and deterioration, and also seek to raise the skills of the human element, so that the experience is complete.