That proved to be the case in Turkey and Pakistan in the 1990’s and early 2000’s, and later in much of the Arab world. Indeed, the rising aspirations of Arab youth in Egypt and Tunisia, the wellspring of the Arab Spring, followed impressive economic growth that had failed to trickle down.
这一推论在1990年代的土耳其以及2000年代初的巴基斯坦都成为了现实，并随后在阿拉伯世界应验了。事实上令人瞩目的经济增长带来的就是埃及和突尼斯阿拉伯青年不断上升的预期——也随之推动了阿拉伯之春。而这类上升预期在所有大型穆斯林国家都随处可见。