Since there is no attribution in countries’ fiscal accounts of income from products linked to natural resources, we can only hazard a reasonably informed guess about how that spending was allocated. Between 2001-2002 and 2007-2008, social-welfare spending in countries with abundant natural resources increased by around 55% in real terms, with spending relative to GDP rising by nearly 3.5 percentage points.
因为来自自然资源相关产品的收入在国家财政收入中并未单独归类，我们只能对这笔开支如何分配进行合理的猜测。 2001－2002及2007－2008年间，拥有丰富自然资源国家的社会福利开支扣除物价因素的实际涨幅约为55%，其相对于GDP的占比也提升了将近3.5%。 因此，具体到地区层面，很大一部分额外资源被用于增加公共开支，位居前三的分别是社会保障、医疗和教育。