This article shows the challenges faced by the newly unified republic alongside information on the economy and prospects of Somalia.
"If the Somalis continue to progress along the road which they have been following for some years and can promote the full development of these qualities, the prospects outlined above will stand some chance of becoming realities, and Somalia will join the circle of more advanced nations "
Source: Odone, Augusto. “Somalia's Economy: Prospects and Problems / L'ECONOMIE DE LA SOMALIE: PERSPECTIVES ET PROBLEMES.” Civilisations, vol. 11, no. 4, 1961, pp. 444–450
"If the Somalis continue to progress along the road which they have been following for some years and can promote the full development of these qualities, the prospects outlined above will stand some chance of becoming realities, and Somalia will join the circle of more advanced nations "
Source: Odone, Augusto. “Somalia's Economy: Prospects and Problems / L'ECONOMIE DE LA SOMALIE: PERSPECTIVES ET PROBLEMES.” Civilisations, vol. 11, no. 4, 1961, pp. 444–450