It was sparked in Sidi Bouzid, a neglected Tunisian town by a young man like you, twenty six year old fruit vendor Mohammed Boulazizi who only wanted to make a simple living. But when his fruit cart and produce was confiscated by the police and the town’s governor refused to hear his plea for return of his wares, he set himself on fire.
This is in the context of an increasingly competitive and interconnected global economy in which both developed and developing countries continue to be challenged by relatively low rates of economic growth, unsustainable levels of public debt, as well  as rising trade and socio-political tensions.