Exploring options for Political and Economic district Council Sustainability

Advancing the establishment of local governments through district council formation (DCF) is a priority for the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS). While the FGS’s Wadajir Framework (WF) provides an extensive roadmap for pre-DCF and DCF activities, it includes little discussion of post-DCF issues, including the issue of district council (DC) sustainability. Currently, where DCs have […]

Booming informal economy in Somalia

This paper seeks to assess the growing informal economy in Somalia using a combinaon of primary and secondary sources, applying both quantave and qualitave methods, and with respect to the Somalia Labor Force and High Frequency Survey dataset.