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Look up a novel from the time, "The Ugly American"
The title character is an American engineer who goes to the mythical country and shows the locals how to build cheap water pumps that make farming hillsides much easier.
Every American who shows up to the place and does good is eventually replaced by a dolt who can't speak the language.