I have been following discussions on the GKD on many issues but 'managed to get provoked' into the discussion myself, but the discussion on the use of or non-use of local consultants finally 'stirred' me to writing in this forum. I agree with Sam Lanfranco for some form of in-house search/inquiry on what reasons local consultants do not get hired?
I suggest this debate to include a study on who hires the expensive international consultants in developing countries? Where does the money for paying such persons originate from? Could there be more going behind doors than the usual explanation of expertise quality or the lack of it? I believe answering these few questions can help shade some light on why local consultants do or do not get hired, or when they do, they are normally assigned the field-errand-part of the study while the real earners stay put somewhere in some hotel, or even worse thousands of miles away in some capital of the developed world. Remigio Achia ------------ ***GKD is an initiative of the Global Knowledge Partnership*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.globalknowledge.org>
