Correction: It's the success story of western progress at the expense of the rest of the world, which must find its own way because we've ripped up the steps.
Do you know why Switzerland exports the 2nd most processed coffee of any country in the world [1] while Ethiopia (where coffee was "invented" remains extremely poor, only exporting raw beans? Because the IMF and World Bank would send them back to the dark ages if they attempted to do anything different.
[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1096413/main-export-coun...