The Somalia social and institutional profile: an executive summary

Abstract

African Studies Center Working Paper No. 79OBJECTIVES The overall objectives of the report are to examine the explicit and implicit socioeconomic assumptions that have informed development planning in Somalia in light of available information about the ways its peoples are organized and make a living, and on the basis of this examination, to recommend modifications in policies, programs, and projects intended to increase the effectiveness of development assistance in Somalia, and identify critical issues for future research