Somalia at 65: what’s needed to address its dismal social development indicators

Somalia at 65: what’s needed to address its dismal social development indicators

Somalia ranks among the lowest scoring countries in the United Nations Human Development Index. The index of 195 countries is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, years of schooling, and access to a decent standard of living. Ali A. Abdi, a scholar of social development education, examines Somalia’s failure to advance social development programmes. What is socio-economic develo…