Sure, they can spend it how they like.
Personally, I might have spent it on sewage systems, or maybe building modern hospitals. But they can fly to the moon if they think that’s going to be more productive.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Something like this can do wonders to the pride and confidence of a nation’s people, even the poorest among them.
And it doesn’t have to be either or. They’ve made tremendous strides in their infrastructure and standard of living.
Over the past 25 years their GDP has grown an astounding 700%! And now they have the fifth largest GDP and third largest PPP.