Somalia's State-Building Project Dilemma: Obstacles and Structural Gaps

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  • Mohamed A.Razak Hussein
  • Tamer Qarmout

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31430//URQN3702

Keywords:

Somalia, State-building Project, Tribal Quota System 4.5, Federalism, Political Tribalism, Civil Society

Abstract

Academic studies on Somalia lack focus on analyzing the gaps and problems facing the state-building project. Drawing on an in-depth literature review of post-war and conflict state-building frameworks and models, this study highlights the structural gaps that continue to hinder Somalia's state-building project by seeking to identify and describe them, in addition to discussing their root causes and impacts on the future of the state-building project. The study concludes that these gaps can be summarized into three categories: 1 -Political: As a result of the problematic aspects of both the tribal quota system 4. 5 and the federal system, 2 -Social: represented in the weakened role of civil society in the process of state-building, and 3 -Economic: driven by the controversial business interests of influential businessmen, and the impact of foreign assistance on economic recovery. Thus, the success of the state-building project in Somalia depends on all relevant actors' abilities to deal with these structural gaps.

Author Biographies

  • Mohamed A.Razak Hussein
    ) Researcher from Djibouti specializing in public administration (Corresponding Author).
  • Tamer Qarmout
    Professor in Public Policy, Public Policy and Public Administration Program, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies.

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