New World Bank UNDP Survey on Somalia

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The Socio-Economic Survey, 2002 is being launched on 14 January 2004

 

Before the civil war in Somalia, there was a dearth of economic and social statistical information on Somalia, which has been worsened by conflict and the collapse of many institutions over the last decade. The World Bank and UNDP are now jointly implementing a programme to set up data collection systems, strengthen Somali statistical institutions, and support the establishment of a statistical database to monitor the macro-economic and socio-economic conditions.

 

The socio-economic survey on Somalia compiles baseline demographic and socio-economic data at a household level to address some of the critical needs and gaps and to establish a socio-economic database for better policy formulation and planning.

 

The survey covers the areas of:

(i) demographics and housing

(ii) employment and income

(iii) basic services

(iv) communication

(v) participation of women

(vi) environmental concerns.

 

It was implemented with the support and participation of functional Somali administrations as well as international partners.

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Chapters

 

Contents, Foreword and Introduction

 

Chapter 1: Demographics and Housing

 

Chapter 2: Employment and Income

 

Chapter 3: Basic Services

 

Chapter 4: Communication

 

Chapter 5: Participation of Women

 

Chapter 6: Environmental concerns

 

Chapter 7: Miscellaneous

 

Chapter 8: Conclusions

 

Annex: List of Tables

 

http://www.so.undp.org/SoconRpt.htm

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Speaking at the launch, Muktar Diop, the World Bank director in charge of Somalia, Kenya, and Eritrea, said reliable data had been missing in Somalia since the civil war broke out, destroying long-established government institutions. "We didn't have any data to start with," Diop said.

 

It was hoped that the survey, meant to be the first in a series of annual socioeconomic reports on Somalia, would help to initiate an "orderly intervention" there, Diop said. Currently, he noted, Somalia received only about US $100 million annually from the donor community. "This was not just an academic exercise. It is a project that will go a long way to help start the process of rebuilding Somalia," he said. "We want to be ready as a donor community to come back to Somalia in a forceful manner, once the peace process has been completed."

 

Somalia is considered one of the poorest countries in the world, a situation aggravated by the civil war and the absence of a functioning national government for over a decade. According to the survey - also referred to as the "Somalia Watching Brief 2003" - 43 percent of Somalis live in extreme poverty with an income of $1 a day or less.

 

Also present at the launch were representatives of the self-declared republic of Somaliland, the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland and the Somali Aid Coordinating Body and members of Somali civil society.

 

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=38914&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa&SelectCountry=SOMALIA

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