I realize the title is clickbait. Still, my immediate reaction is, “Yes, because that worked out so well for Haiti.”

In most of the examples given the aim is to be seen to be doing something. It is cheaper and/or avoids unwanted change than doing something that actually works.

For example, lots of organisations will have diversity officers and training. Very few do things such as taking names, languages spoken (obviously you would leave any that are relevant to the job) and other clues to sex and race from job applications before shortlisting people for interview.