Rapid population growth in countries where the environment is already failing to meet people’s needs, and where economies show scant signs of creating new employment opportunities, provides a fertile ground for fanaticism. Consider Mali, where Islamist militants attacked a hotel filled with foreigners just one week after the attacks in Paris.
人口快速增长国环境不能满足民众需求且经济无法创造新的就业机会为狂热主义的滋生提供了肥沃的土壤。比方说马里，那里的伊斯兰武装分子在巴黎袭击短短一周后就袭击了一座住满外国人的酒店。干旱及荒漠化加剧了贫困——该国的人均国内生产总值仅为765美元，列世界第168位——世界排名第七的儿童死亡率反映了极为危险的生活条件：每千名儿童中有123人活不到自己的五岁生日。