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Governing khat : drugs and democracy in Somaliland

Hansen, Peter - 2009

of the independent, yet internationally unrecognized Republic of Somaliland. Rather than seeing khat as a hindrance for … viability of Somaliland and to the formation of political practices and identities. Khat was linked to the collapse of the … Somali state, but has also been instrumental in securing peace in Somaliland in the early 90s. In this sense, khat should be …

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No easy way out : traditional authorities in Somaliland and the limits of hybrid political orders

Höhne, Markus Virgil - 2011

-like institutions have been rebuilt in Somaliland and Puntland in northern Somalia, but they do not enjoy international recognition and … authorities, during the process of state-formation in Somaliland. Arguably, this integration has brought about a hybrid political … system that functioned quite well during the first years of existence of Somaliland. Hybrid political systems are currently …

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Concessions and conflicts : mapping oil exploration in Somalia and Ethiopia

Bamberger, Jakob Grandjean; Skovsted, Kristian - 2016

territories of Somaliland, Puntland, south-central Somalia, and the Ogaden region of Ethiopia. The paper provides an overview of …

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Migrant transfers as a development tool : the case of Somalialand

Hansen, Peter (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Opportunities and pitfalls in the migration-development nexus : Somaliland and beyond

Sørensen, Ninna Nyberg (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Fragile states : analytically vacuous, politically useful

Clausen, Maria-Louise; Albrecht, Peter - 2022

Why is it still relevant to probe the notion of fragility when the concept has been so heavily criticised? Because it continues to be used in policy on conflict, security and development. For example, the United Nations names fragility as a major challenge to achieving the Millennium Development...

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The political economy of diaspora remittances in the Ethiopian Somali region

Berhanu, Kassahun - 2019

The post-2005 period witnessed an intensified state-led mobilization of the Ethiopian diaspora, leading to the enactment of a national diaspora policy in 2013. This policy was aimed at creating a favorable environment for diasporic involvement in socio-economic life. Prior to this, Ethiopia's...

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Entrust we must : the role of "trust" in Somali economic life

Carrier, Neil C. M.; Elliott, Hannah - 2018

"Trust" is a concept that has received much attention in studies of informal economies which operate in large part outside of formal state regulation. Somali trade provides a pertinent case. In Somalia, across Somali East Africa and beyond, business has thrived, in spite of - or, some would...

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The global checkpoint economy : supply chains as a new frontline in conflict financing?

Schouten, Peer - 2019

A new DIIS study presents an overview of the role of transit taxes levied at checkpoints in financing ongoing conflicts around the world. Compiling evidence from six different contexts, this DIIS Working Paper finds that in each of the conflicts, checkpoints form a key source of revenue for...

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Fusing formal and informal trading : emerging practices in the livestock value chains between Kenya and Somalia

Ng'askie, Philemon O. - 2019

Despite ambivalence towards current state reforms, Somali merchants interact with state agents in the trade corridor that connects southern Somalia to central Kenya. Since the Somalia state collapse of 1991, informal livestock value chains have expanded into north-eastern Kenya. Here, the...

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