It really is amazing that there is a list as long as your arm of economies dominated by natural resource extraction for whom it has been a curse.
And then there's Norway. The sole exception.
And then there's Norway. The sole exception.
But, one wonders why a very rich society would need to resort to enslaving people in order to save a buck.
Also, I’m not sure how much has changed since I left that part of the world, but for decades the blue collar workers (Filipinos, Indians, Pakistanis, etc.) were considered lower tier class in rich Gulf countries. Probably easier to exploit those who one feels are less deserving.