Somalia: Economy Without StateInternational African Institute, 2003 - 206 pages In the wake of the collapse of the Somali government in 1991, a "second" or "informal" economy based on trans-border trade and smuggling is thriving. While focusing primarily on pastoral and agricultural markets, Peter D. Little demonstrates that the Somalis are resilient and opportunistic and that they use their limited resources effectively. While it is true that many Somalis live in the shadow of brutal warlords and lack access to basic health care and education, Little focuses on those who have managed to carve out a productive means of making ends meet under difficult conditions and emphasizes the role of civic culture even when government no longer exists. Exploring questions such as, Does statelessness necessarily mean anarchy and disorder? Do money, international trade, and investment survive without a state? Do pastoralists care about development and social improvement? This book describes the complexity of the Somali situation in the light of international terrorism. |
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... sources and stints of field research dating back to 1987. Most information was collected over a 15 - month period during 1987 and 1988 , and during the summers of 1996 , 1998 , and 2001. In 1987-8 data on marketing were gathered from ...
... sources and often are required to pay for it . For instance , herders are charged fees by owners of water storage tanks ( called barkad ) and at some community- managed boreholes and surface dams . Part of the payment is used to ...
... sources allow Somali migrants to remit relatively sizable revenues by African wage standards . With the attainment of political refugee status , some migrants have ended up in countries where even menial , unskilled jobs pay 20 to 25 ...
Contents
Introduction to a stateless economy | 2 |
A land of livestock | 22 |
The destruction of ruralurban relations | 45 |
Copyright | |
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