So are parts of Egypt, since 80m of its 85m people are crammed into the narrow Nile valley.Special report A climate of change How many more to go? Fertile Croissant The power of religion Give us a chance The haves and the have-nots The long march Keep going Sources & acknowledgmentsReprintsThese statistics matter.
The people, including legions of often jobless youths, had no say in how things were run.Special report A climate of change How many more to go? Fertile Croissant The power of religion Give us a chance The haves and the have-nots The long march Keep going Sources & acknowledgmentsReprintsIn breathtakingly short order the decades-old dictatorships of Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen collapsed.
It was as if the Arab spring had never happened: the first of a new generation of leaders, as well as the generals, behaved much as their predecessors did.Special report A climate of change How many more to go? Fertile Croissant The power of religion Give us a chance The haves and the have-nots The long march Keep going Sources & acknowledgmentsReprintsThis does not look like progress.
Only last week the UK's Living Wage Commission reported that, in a climate of rising rents and slow wage growth, the "national living wage" falls short of providing anything like a decent income for lower-paid people.
The report also revealed a climate of fear, in which staff were subjected to bullying and too afraid to speak up.
Illicit drugs blighted all wings in the jail, the report found, fuelling a "climate of fear among prisoners" that included bullying and intimidation, and creating unsustainable pressures on emergency and medical services.
No matter that Amnesty International says the United Arab Emirates is a "deeply repressive state", a recent report pointing to "a climate of fear, with authorities going to extreme lengths to stamp out any sign of dissent".
Kelly's comments came a day after a coalition of Muslim groups released the report, which details a climate of fear created by the department's informants and undercover officers.
"In fact, our companies have reported a worsening of the business climate".
