There are always issues with Technical Assistance --- In Kiribati, the issues with about 40% of experts in the last decade are as follows. 1. Commanders - they come in and tell us what to do as if our systems were totally wrong and ineffective since our independence. 2. Pacesetters - they insist we do what they thought is good for us and what they practised in their countries which of course were not applicable/appropriate due to many factors e.g. context/environment, culture, etc. 3. Unusable reports - they wrote reports that collected dusts on shelves as their language could be difficult to understand since English is our second language, and recommendations could be way over the practicality contextually.

Source author: David Ateti Teaabo david.teaabo@gmail.com