Somalia Economy Without State - African Issues

Does 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 wasmore 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 socialimprovement? 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

ISBN:	9780852558652
Publisher:	Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:	James Currey
Published date:	01 Sep 2003
DEWEY:	330.96773
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xviii, 206
Weight:	284g
Height:	216mm
Width:	138mm
Spine width:	19mm

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