Aid and institution-building in fragile states : the case of Somali-inhabited eastern Horn of Africa

Ken Menkhaus

Institution-building in Somalia has met with high levels of failure for two decades. But successes have occurred in other Somali-inhabited regions of the eastern Horn, and have been especially present at the local and municipal level. The most effective aid to institution-building in Somalia has been carefully calibrated support to hybrid local governance arrangements that enjoy a strong degree of local ownership and which deliver practical, urgently needed services.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Menkhaus, Ken
Publisher:	Helsinki : WIDER
Subject:	Somalia \| failed state \| institution-building \| local governance \| municipalities \| hybrid state \| Entwicklungshilfe \| Development aid \| Afrika \| Africa \| Fragiler Staat \| Fragile state \| Good Governance \| Good governance \| Politische Instabilität \| Political instability \| Gemeindefinanzen \| Local government finance