The human factor
Publicising a new project is not enough. The bugs are in the implementation details; and in the unwanted and negative human elements prevailing and interfering at about all the vertical and horizontal levels, in the LDCs. This is mainly due to the immature political culture prevailing at the governance levels; with short-term subjective outlook.
I recall that while I was on active service decades ago in Dhaka, as a senior engineer, I used to place one of our engineers on duty at the Secretariat, to assist the secretariat officers in quick upward movement of the files. He explained the technical implications to the section officer concerned.
This brings us to the point of still using pen-pushing methods in our Secretariat - a legacy of the British Raj period (remember the Writers' building in old colonial Calcutta?).
Unless Dhaka is decentralised, the mega city is sure to die out. The farmers in the rural areas are keeping us alive, but they have no social status, due to marginal living conditions. The dynasty rules have glaring weaknesses; but it continues today, even after decades.
The politicians have to wake up!
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