There's no honour in getting your family killed by illiterate religious fanatics based on how your name sounds "for the greater good". So yes, the onus IS on those large collection of people (country) to recognise that their stone age era values and behaviours are driving away people who might give them a fighting chance to compete in the modern world.

People complain when the US takes over a country and tries to fix it. So yeah, it's up to the citizens.

It's policy and corruption (not to mention war) that makes the people poor in the first place.