0 someone who advises people on a particular subject -- asesor, -ora
a financial consultant
1 a hospital doctor who is an expert in a particular area of medicine -- especialista
2 an expert paid to give advice -- asesor/ora [ masculine-feminine ]
marketing consultants asesores de marketing
It is emerging as a huge barrier to investment and the government is doing very little to remedy this situation, apart from giving endless employment to consultants.
Paragraph 12 refers to the minimum recourse to external consultants.
The citizen cannot assess the quality of doctors or tax consultants for themselves, for example.