Yup, it's a common feature in countries and cultures that are permanently poor. One family member starts making some money, and that persons siblings, half siblings, first to eighth cousins, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles all show up with their hands out and guilt that person into sharing their new "wealth". Investment is not something that's possible. Add to the fact that we shower these countries in aid, removing any incentive to do, well, anything productive, and you get a perfect storm of complacency and permanently being stuck.

We could solve world hunger and poverty if every country cut all foreign aid to Africa, South America, the middle East and Asia, and then waited 50 years. Let them sustain themselves, theyre capable of it, but they need to break free of the system they're trapped in now. Same with our own countries - end permanent welfare, end financial incentives to divorce or have a child out of wedlock, and wait a generation. That would end an unbelievable amount of issues, but it's not a pretty solution so people don't like it.