Federal Republic of Somalia Systematic Country Diagnostic

To sustain its positive trajectory, Somalia needs to break out of its dual development trap, where inadequate resources and minimal trust in government are preventing the state from providing the public goods and services necessary to consolidate i...

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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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spelling okr-10986-304162021-05-25T09:18:01Z Federal Republic of Somalia Systematic Country Diagnostic World Bank Group CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE POLITICAL DYNAMICS POVERTY EQUITY CONSTRAINTS CLIMATE CHANGE WATER SCARCITY AGRICULTURE FISHERIES OCEANS OIL AND GAS ENERGY PRODUCTION TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY URBANIZATION LAND ADMINISTRATION HEALTH EDUCATION LABOR MARKET TRADE ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETITIVENESS FINANCIAL SECTOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS SOCIAL CAPITAL JUSTICE DISPUTE RESOLUTION DISPLACED PERSONS SOCIAL PROTECTION GENDER INSTITUTIONS GOVERNANCE FISCAL POLICY PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT BANKING To sustain its positive trajectory, Somalia needs to break out of its dual development trap, where inadequate resources and minimal trust in government are preventing the state from providing the public goods and services necessary to consolidate its legitimacy, while large periodic shocks (such as drought) reverse the gains made and endanger the welfare of the most vulnerable. To break out of this cycle and launch itself on a durable development trajectory, Somalia will need both improved institutions and predictable development financing. To take advantage of the opportunity provided by the current relative political stability, this systematic country diagnostic (SCD) applies a modified version of the changing wealth of nations framework. This framework is focused on building up sustainable national wealth rather than maximizing short-term consumption, and is based upon an assessment of the stocks of various forms of capital -natural assets like land, forests, fish, and minerals; productive assets like buildings, machinery, and infrastructure (such as highways, ports, and electricity generation); human assets (population, education, and health); as well as the intangibles (such as the quality of institutions, the vitality of the private sector, and the functioning of the society) that govern the functioning of the economy. In this framework, development is defined as the process of accumulating a diversified and growing portfolio of national wealth. Among other approaches, by differentiating intangible capital in terms of its social, institutional, and entrepreneurial aspects this SCD more explicitly captures the quality and capacity of public institutions and governance, the functioning of social safety nets, inclusion and the strength of dispute resolution systems, and entrepreneurship. It also makes it possible to identify such obstacles to development as constraints on the accumulation of capital or drivers of capital depletion. 2018-09-12T17:32:06Z 2018-09-12T17:32:06Z 2018-05-01 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/554051534791806400/Somalia-Systematic-Country-Diagnostic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30416 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Systematic Country Diagnostic Africa Somalia
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topic CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE
POLITICAL DYNAMICS
POVERTY
EQUITY
CONSTRAINTS
CLIMATE CHANGE
WATER SCARCITY
AGRICULTURE
FISHERIES
OCEANS
OIL AND GAS
ENERGY PRODUCTION
TRANSPORTATION
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
URBANIZATION
LAND ADMINISTRATION
HEALTH
EDUCATION
LABOR MARKET
TRADE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
COMPETITIVENESS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
SOCIAL CAPITAL
JUSTICE
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
DISPLACED PERSONS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
GENDER
INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNANCE
FISCAL POLICY
PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
BANKING
spellingShingle CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE
POLITICAL DYNAMICS
POVERTY
EQUITY
CONSTRAINTS
CLIMATE CHANGE
WATER SCARCITY
AGRICULTURE
FISHERIES
OCEANS
OIL AND GAS
ENERGY PRODUCTION
TRANSPORTATION
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
URBANIZATION
LAND ADMINISTRATION
HEALTH
EDUCATION
LABOR MARKET
TRADE
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
COMPETITIVENESS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
SOCIAL CAPITAL
JUSTICE
DISPUTE RESOLUTION
DISPLACED PERSONS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
GENDER
INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNANCE
FISCAL POLICY
PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
BANKING
World Bank Group
Federal Republic of Somalia Systematic Country Diagnostic
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Somalia
description To sustain its positive trajectory, Somalia needs to break out of its dual development trap, where inadequate resources and minimal trust in government are preventing the state from providing the public goods and services necessary to consolidate its legitimacy, while large periodic shocks (such as drought) reverse the gains made and endanger the welfare of the most vulnerable. To break out of this cycle and launch itself on a durable development trajectory, Somalia will need both improved institutions and predictable development financing. To take advantage of the opportunity provided by the current relative political stability, this systematic country diagnostic (SCD) applies a modified version of the changing wealth of nations framework. This framework is focused on building up sustainable national wealth rather than maximizing short-term consumption, and is based upon an assessment of the stocks of various forms of capital -natural assets like land, forests, fish, and minerals; productive assets like buildings, machinery, and infrastructure (such as highways, ports, and electricity generation); human assets (population, education, and health); as well as the intangibles (such as the quality of institutions, the vitality of the private sector, and the functioning of the society) that govern the functioning of the economy. In this framework, development is defined as the process of accumulating a diversified and growing portfolio of national wealth. Among other approaches, by differentiating intangible capital in terms of its social, institutional, and entrepreneurial aspects this SCD more explicitly captures the quality and capacity of public institutions and governance, the functioning of social safety nets, inclusion and the strength of dispute resolution systems, and entrepreneurship. It also makes it possible to identify such obstacles to development as constraints on the accumulation of capital or drivers of capital depletion.
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title Federal Republic of Somalia Systematic Country Diagnostic
title_short Federal Republic of Somalia Systematic Country Diagnostic
title_full Federal Republic of Somalia Systematic Country Diagnostic
title_fullStr Federal Republic of Somalia Systematic Country Diagnostic
title_full_unstemmed Federal Republic of Somalia Systematic Country Diagnostic
title_sort federal republic of somalia systematic country diagnostic
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/554051534791806400/Somalia-Systematic-Country-Diagnostic
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30416
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