This is the reason why on a third world country there are so many poor people and the gap between poor and the rich is very wide, the projects intended for projects for infrastructure are pocketed by corrupt officials.
The government officials from those countries are taking advantage of the fake projects for infrastructures or any type of project that they can have their kickback.
It's sad that it became a norm and the people can't do shit against these corrupted government officials as they've been put into there through votes but I think there's still the bigger power from the people that they can get kicked if they do it altogether.