Since Somalia’s state collapsed in 1991, life expectancy has increased by two years, vaccination rates have increased, deaths from measles have dropped by close to a third, telephones and radios have multiplied . . .<\/p>\n
I wish I’d said that:<\/p>\n
The golden apple in Somalia is the expectation that there will soon be a central government. As long as there is that expectation, the clans must fight over who will control it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
(Wait, I did say something like that, circa twenty years ago, about Lebanon.)<\/p>\n
Most of the article<\/a> (cited by Perry Metzger) is about the traditional system of law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Since Somalia’s state collapsed in 1991, life expectancy has increased by two years, vaccination rates have increased, deaths from measles have dropped by close to a third, telephones and radios have multiplied . . . I wish I’d said that: The golden … Continue reading