Publication: Somali Poverty Profile, June 2017: Findings from Wave 1 of the Somali High Frequency Survey
Date
2017-06
ISSN
Published
2017-06
Author(s)
World Bank
Abstract
Somalia is emerging from 25 years of
political instability and economic difficulty but hard data
islacking for evidence-based planning. The civil war and
ongoing conflict that started in 1991 fragmented the
country, undermined political institutions, and created
widespread vulnerability. The conflict has eroded the
statistical infrastructure and capacity, leaving policy
makers and donors to operate in a statistical vacuum due to
the lack of reliable data. In the absence of representative
household surveys not much was known about poverty. The lack
of information poses a threat to the design and
implementation of policies and programs needed to support
economic resilience and development as well as assistance in
the event of shocks.
Citation
“World Bank. 2017. Somali Poverty Profile, June 2017: Findings from Wave 1 of the Somali High Frequency Survey. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28470 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”