Somalia: Economy Without StateDoes statelessness necessarily mean anarchy and disorder? Clan elders, religious leaders and businessmen have worked together to provide stability and security in large parts of Somalia. Urban centres continue to suffer violence, political chaos and economic disruption. Do money, international trade and investment survive without a state? Somalia has been without a state, a Ministry of Finance, or a central bank, but the Somali Shilling was more stable during the second half of the 1990s than during the 1980s. Economic agreements with transnational firms and sovereign states go ahead. Do town-dwellers fare as well as pastoralists? With the collapse of the state, herders and traders have benefited from reduced restrictions on movement and there is a booming unofficial export and import trade. Settled populations have fared less well. Do pastoralists care about development and social improvement? Throughout the Horn western-funded development projects have had disastrous results. Nevertheless the Somalis have selectively accepted certain elements; phone and internet services are surprisingly cheap. Published in association with the International African Institute North America: Indiana U Press |
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About the book This chapter has presented the Somalia case in the context of wider debates about statelessness and informal economies . In subsequent chapters the book will return to many of these themes , particularly as they relate to ...
About the book This chapter has presented the Somalia case in the context of wider debates about statelessness and informal economies . In subsequent chapters the book will return to many of these themes , particularly as they relate to ...
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Unfortunately , the ban was reimposed in the summer of 2000 and although Yemen and the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) rescinded it in 2001 , the largest buyer of Somali animals ( Saudi Arabia ) still maintains it ( see Chapter 7 ) .
Unfortunately , the ban was reimposed in the summer of 2000 and although Yemen and the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) rescinded it in 2001 , the largest buyer of Somali animals ( Saudi Arabia ) still maintains it ( see Chapter 7 ) .
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The clanbased splits in the Somali Patriotic Movement ( SPM ) that were documented in Chapter 3 are dramatic instances of fission ( see Chapter 3 ) . Although Somalia's decentralized political structures draw on the segmentary clan ...
The clanbased splits in the Somali Patriotic Movement ( SPM ) that were documented in Chapter 3 are dramatic instances of fission ( see Chapter 3 ) . Although Somalia's decentralized political structures draw on the segmentary clan ...
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Contents
A land of livestock | 36 |
The destruction of ruralurban relations | 45 |
Tough choices | 65 |
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| Title | Somalia: Economy Without State African issues |
| Author | Peter D. Little |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | International African Institute, 2003 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 18 May 2018 |
| ISBN | 085255866X, 9780852558669 |
| Length | 206 pages |
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