You can always appoint a development Tzar. Someone like Mittens sad to say. Give him/her 10 years executive experience to become POTUS some day. Who do we suggest?
Just my opinion, but I think PDJT is doing it right. The politicians on the island say they can handle it but need funding. The President says OK, we’ll give that a try, here are the funds but you have to publish how every penny is to be spent, who it’s going to, and the timeline for things to get done.
This makes it very difficult for local politicians to divert money and more importantly makes them accountable and puts them on a deadline/schedule to get thing done.
Then, if it’s not done on time and on budget, the President can say he gave the local politicians a chance, it didn’t work, time to send in the feds.