These countries weather boom/bust cycles in oil prices, waiting for a 'someday' to refill their coffers, and every year there are more and more things trying to put off 'someday' a little longer.

Essentially these countries have an antagonistic relationship with the rest of the world, as do quite a few corporations really. If you only get good news when everyone else gets bad news, then you've made an enemy of your customers. They just might know it yet. Lots of them will be working in an uncoordinated fashion to make their bad news a little better, making your good news worse and worse.

Once word gets around they'll start teaming up.