The whole world celebrates Tunisia’s democratic revolution, which has set off a cascade of events elsewhere in the region — particularly in Egypt — with untold consequences. The eyes of the world are now set on this small country of 10 million to learn the lessons of its recent experience and to see whether the young people who overthrew a corrupt autocrat can create a stable, functioning democracy.
First, the lessons. For starters, it is not enough for governments to deliver reasonable growth. After all, gross domestic product increased at about 5 percent annually in Tunisia over the last 20 years, and the country was often cited as boasting one of the
