Вам эта ситуация ничего не напоминает? МММ-даа... Так кому недвижимисть за рубежом, а кому и преждевременная смерть от консервов и жизни на полоске земли между океаном и карьером. Alas, c'est la vie.
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ECONOMICS:
With the independence of Nauru from Australia, the native inhabitants began to experience the financial benefits of phosphate mining for the first time. They became rich virtually overnight, creating one of the world's highest per capita incomes, and thus a welfare state came into being.(10) Prior to independence, however, the British Phosphate Commissioners controlled the mining operation, and the Nauruans today contend that their former colonists cheated them out of millions of dollars, as the product was sold below market value.(11)
Since independence in 1968, the Nauru government has earned about $A100-$A120 million yearly by exporting the phosphate. Those who own land receive a lump sum prior to mining, and then royalties are earmarked for a trust fund, which is to begin paying out once mining ends between 1995 and 2000. Individuals involved do receive a financial statement, but aggregate island accounts of financial dealings do not exist. The Nauru government figures are sketchy, if not entirely secret. The trust fund also has an investment component, but information on returns of those investments is also held privately by the government.(12)
Such secrecy has the islanders concerned about the outcome of the trust fund, and especially its ability to pay out. While the Nauruans do own some foreign real estate, such as office buildings and golf courses, the bulk of their investments lies with the trust fund. The people of Nauru do indeed have cause to worry about the fate of their money. This is because of irresponsibility on the part of the government, coming in the form of investments that have gone awry and failed, and others by which the government was simply swindled.(13)
