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Thinking Differently about Somalia, Governance and Piracy
That’s what economist Benjamin Powell is doing at the Freeman, where he notes that Western observers who refer to Somalia’s “failed state” status generally overlook the importance of Xeer, the...
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Policy Success Reaps Few Rewards…
John Styles, via Chris Blattman: About a week after the earthquake, economist Tyler Cowen wrote that Obama looked like the “Haiti president”: Obama will (and should) do something about this situation …...
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The End of the Local
Given that some recent posts have dealt with the contrast between central and local control over violence, this from Jason Sorens is interesting: In 1927, local revenue decentralization (LRD) still...
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Voters Don’t Care About Good Governance
It’s a sad fact that voters have very short memories and they also don’t care about good governance except for the very moment when bad governance affects them. While we should always be extremely...
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