The key problems in poor nations of the world is backwardness.
Traditionalism is the obstacle to modernity.
These aspects of modernity are features of western societies. You have to find groups in traditional society that can spread modernity. The goal is to reproduce the experience of the west. Many question whether the experience of the west can be reproduced. They point out that the world of today and what is required for development are far different from that of the late 18th and 19th century.