Somalia

https://www.rozen-bakher.com/blog/2021/05/29/somalia

Published Date: 29 May 2021

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This blog focuses on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade in a certain country or territory in terms of how the Location Factors (Political, Economic, Technological, Ecological, Legal and Cultural) and Entry Modes (e.g. M&As, Export and Greenfield) impact the attractiveness - or vice versa - the risks of FDI and International Trade in the certain country or territory, still, keep in mind that each risk may lead to an opportunity for resolving problems via suitable FDI and International Trade, while each opportunity for FDI and International Trade may involve risks.

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Dr. Ziva Rozen-Bakher

A Researcher in International Relations with a Focus on Security, Political and Economic Risks for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and International Trade

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Somalia

Somalia has a sovereignty dispute with Somaliland and Puntland

• Somaliland is a self-declared sovereign state yet internationally considered as part of Somalia, Population: 3.5 Million, Somaliland profile - BBC

• Puntland is a self-declared territory as an autonomous state within Somalia, Population: 2.0 Million, Puntland profile - BBC

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Information and Data on FDI and International Trade

Investing in Somalia - Lloyds Bank International Trade Portal (lloydsbanktrade.com)

Trade Profile - Somalia - Lloyds Bank International Trade Portal (lloydsbanktrade.com)

Somalia - United States Department of State

Somaliland fulfilled many of the basic requirements to attract foreign direct investment and winning investor confidence. | Somaliland Chronicle

Somaliland Listed As UAE’s Biggest FDI Recipient | Saxafi (saxafimedia.com)

Foreign minister looks to put Somaliland on FDI map | fDi Intelligence – Your source for foreign direct investment information - fDiIntelligence.com

www.somalilandinvest.net

Somaliland. An Investment Guide to Somaliland Opportunities & Conditions

Macro Data

Somalia | Data (worldbank.org)

Somalia and the IMF

General Information and Political Information

Somalia - The World Factbook (cia.gov)

Somalia country profile - BBC News

Somaliland profile - BBC News

Puntland profile - BBC News

Relevant Research Papers and Research Books

State Building in De Facto States: Somaliland and Puntland Compared on JSTOR

Hoehne, M. V. (2015). Between Somaliland and Puntland: Marginalization, militarization and conflicting political visions. Rift Valley Institute.

How Piracy is Affecting Economic Development in Puntland, Somalia on JSTOR

News media and political contestation in the Somali territories: defining the parameters of a transnational digital public: Journal of Eastern African Studies: Vol 13, No 1 (tandfonline.com)

Project MUSE - From Pre-Colonial Past to the Post-Colonial Present: The Contemporary Clan-Based Configurations of Statebuilding in Somalia (jhu.edu)

Between Somaliland and Puntland | African Affairs | Oxford Academic (oup.com)

Adapting UN Sustainable Development Goals to Somali Situation: Using Puntland Somalia as a Case Study | Issa-Salwe | Journal of Sustainable Development Studies (infinitypress.info)

Beyond Polarity: Negotiating a Hybrid State in Somaliland - Michael Walls, Steve Kibble, 2010 (sagepub.com)

Revenues on the hoof: livestock trade, taxation and state-making in the Somali territories: Journal of Eastern African Studies: Vol 15, No 1 (tandfonline.com)

Frontiers | Foreign Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing in Somali Waters Perpetuates Conflict | Marine Science (frontiersin.org)

328753-Somalia and Yemen's Cross-border Maritime Economy .pdf (dehai.org)

The Future of Somaliland Livestock Exports: Examining the Sustainability of Livestock Trade (ijmae.com)

Order beyond the state: explaining Somaliland's avoidance of maritime piracy - ProQuest

The “Borderlandization” of the Horn of Africa in Relation to the Gulf Region, and the Effects on Somalia: Journal of Borderlands Studies: Vol 0, No 0 (tandfonline.com)

Politics of circulation: The makings of the Berbera corridor in Somali East Africa - Finn Stepputat, Tobias Hagmann, 2019 (sagepub.com)

Trusting in Somalia’s stateless money: The persistence of the Somali shilling | African Affairs | Oxford Academic (oup.com)

Somalia | SpringerLink

Public Policy and Politics via Documentaries and in-Depth TV News Programs

Somaliland 30th Anniversary Documentary - YouTube

Somaliland vs Somalia | Inside Story - YouTube

History

A Modern History of Somalia | Taylor & Francis Group (taylorfrancis.com)

Al-Shabaab in Somalia: The History and Ideology of a Militant Islamist Group 2005-2012 - ProQuest

Somalia: The Forgotten Story | Al Jazeera World - YouTube

Other Issues

Counter piracy programming and potential barriers to reintegrating Somali pirates: An African restorative justice critique - ScienceDirect

Building peace from the margins in Somalia: The case for political settlement with Al-Shabaab: Contemporary Security Policy: Vol 39, No 4 (tandfonline.com)

War and Peace in Somalia: National Grievances, Local Conflict and Al-Shabaab - Google Books

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