If printing money alone is a big problem like taking measurements against counterfeiting then digital payment system must be the perfect solution to them. Bitcoin and its descendants are having regulated money supply and big security against counterfeiting. But who will teach these governments about the prospectus of adopting cryptos ?
I don't think it's a big problem for them. Pretty much everything is outsourced to China because they have cheap labor and a lot of resources. These countries are certainly just trying to save money by outsourcing their work, not because they can't do the job themselves.
It's true that stuff like this won't be a problem with crypto which is a legitimate advantage, but a country will need advanced infrastructure and wide availability to even begin thinking about moving to paperless. I'm sure everyone knows that the future will be paperless and are building towards it, but it may not be necessarily be towards crypto but rather to digital fiat. Governments will want to retain their control towards fiat issuance after all.