2017年，基准AlerianMLP指数的表现较标准普尔500指数落后28%，较现货原油落后22%。

Theintellectualsofthesecountrieslaterwereeducatedunderthecolonialsystemandgraduallydevelopedtheideaofnationalindependence.However,theyoftenhadtousetheirbackwardtraditionstoopposethecolonizers,justlikeMahatmaGandhiofIndia.SomeevenbelievethattheJapaneseinvadersmighthavehelpedthemgainindependence.AftertheWWII,theironlyoptionwastorestoretheoldcolonialpoliticalsystemandfelltotheoldreligiousandsocialtraditions.