causal
Rapid growth can aggravate rather than ease social tensions
Rapid growth would not necessarily have eliminated the ethnic, regional, and tribal tensions afflicting countries like Nigeria, and may even aggravate them; the Arab Spring uprisings arose not in the least-developed Arab states but in the most rapidly developing ones like Tunisia and Egypt.
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Dani RodrikEvidence Quote
“I'm not so sure that rapid growth would necessarily have eliminated these kinds of problems. In some ways, it might even aggravate them.”
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:23:41 AM
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