I know for sure since early 80s, such issue has been plannd in a way or another. But nothing materialized, rather, more dependency on expatriates.

Reason for that is the quality of consultants they get here. Or, to be more specific the consltants they like to keep here. Usually there are two categories of consultants:

First category is the consultants that try to really contribute work hard and professionally to produce proper realistic reports and studies. Such consultants are mainly kicked out for some reason.

The second category - which is prevailing here - is the category of consultants that tell the boss what the boss likes or wishes to read or hear. Such consultants continue to enrich us with strange and contradicting reports that result in complete mess.