1st world to 1st world - doubtful.

3rd world to 1st - that gets more interesting. I recall a story about EU tunnel boring machines where the drilling head was welded together by a team flown in from south africa. Thought that was weird - that's a country with zero tunnel boring experience.

Bit more thinking later I realised...that's actually not a bad strategy. Throw some Euros down and get the top 0.1% of the skillset of a 3rd world country. Welding is welding and top 0.1% is pretty grand.