Natural Resources: Curse or Blessing?



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Table 4: Components of natural capital, 2000

$ per capita

Incomegroup

Subsoil
assets

Timber
resources

NTFR

Protected
Areas

Cropland

Pastureland

Total
natural
capital

Low-income
countries

325

109

48

111

1,143

189

1,925

Middle-income
countries

1,089

169

120

129

1,583

407

3,496

High-income
countries
(OECD)

3,825

747

183

1,215

2,008

1,552

9,531

World

1,302

252

104

322

1,496

536

4,011

Note: NTFR stands for non-timber forest resources. Oil states excluded.

Source: World Bank (2006, Table 1.2)

Table 5: Intangible capital and wealth composition in highly resource-rich countries

Percentage share of total wealth

Country

Intangible capital
per capita ($)

Natural
capital

Produced
capital

Intangible
capital

Russian Federation

6,029

44

40

16

Guyana

2,176

65

21

14

Moldova

1,173

37

49

13

Venezuela, R. B. de

4,360

60

30

10

Gabon

-3,215

66

41

-7

Syrian Arab Rep.

-1,598

84

32

-15

Algeria

-3,418

71

47

-18

Nigeria

-1,959

147

24

-71

Congo, Rep. of

-12,158

265

180

-346

Source: World Bank (2006, page 29)



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