Instead of hiding behind NGO pdfs, produced without them actually setting foot on the ground, why dont you share with us the incredible development projects ongoing in Puntland right now?
I have been asking this for a while, and you are all avoiding it.
What projects or foreign investments have Puntland started/received, other than this 180 million dollar project lol?
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This is your chance, prove us wrong once and for all and share all the amazing developments that you are hiding.
It's kind of remarkable that a random guy a forum thinks he can debunk the World Bank, IMF and United Nations. You should read and understand before you even attempt to refute. Claiming they are white is simply not good enough, if anything that shows you their impartiality.
Puntland did not "receive" 180 million, that is the final cost of the Garacad port project including its roads connecting to in-land cities. It is funded by Somali businessman, this is not a foreign owned project. The port itself is a 45 million dollar project, the business plan is readily available online.
However our focus is on socio-economic metrics. You are displaying a half finished port which is funded and operated by others, a grain mill and a soda factory and talking about how great Somaliland is. That would be me like showing off the airports in Garowe and Bosaso, the fishing factories and other manufacturing sectors.
None of it displays the condition and well being of the average citizen so we must look at the numbers again.
We can tell the future by looking at the present statistics.
Puntland outperformed Somaliland in:
- Literacy rate
- Primary school completion rate
- Labour force participation
- Access to water
- Access to sanitation
World Bank Poverty Profile 2017
The poverty profile presents the first Somaliwide assessment of welfare conditions.
Somaliland in numbers
- Weighted unemployment rate is 50 - 80% (depends on the sources)
- Youth unemployment is 75%
https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/report/94285/somalia-unemployment-fuels-youth-exodus-somaliland
Literacy rate is 58% (see the World Bank report).
Puntland measures better than Somaliland in all those metrics. An IDP in Bosaso makes more than the average worker in Hargeisa.
"In comparison to Hargeisa, Bosasso residents enjoy a higher standard of living if we compare average daily incomes. While urban residents of Hargeisa earn, on average, about $1 a day, Bosasso residents earn over $4. Naturally, with respect to Bosasso, IDPs earnings are far lower. Most IDP households in Bosasso earn a daily wage of a little over a $1".
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Internally displaced persons: Combined report on Somalia - Somalia
Situation Report in English on Somalia; published on 1 Aug 2002 by OCHAreliefweb.int
Khat the mild stimulant is causing widespread unemployment is consumed by 90% of males and 20% of females. 20% of Somaliland's tax income is from khat and khat represents an 30% of the entire economy, it is the single biggest industry there. It is the reason why Somaliland is failing.
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Chewing khat in Somaliland – DW – 04/09/2015
The narcotic plant khat is so deeply embedded in Somaliland's local culture that it has become a factor in the economic life of the country. Critics lament the disruptive effect on families.www.dw.com
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Somaliland khat
Narcotic plant is a huge tax-revenue earner that bolsters the region’s economy, but also disrupts family life.www.aljazeera.com