In 2011, some 260,000 people in #Somalia died from famine. Given that 51.8 percentage of the population is poor, how can the country prepare for shocks? Read more (below)
In Somalia, resilience can be strengthened through social protection
Somalis have traditionally engaged in pastoralism: a form of livestock production in which subsistence herding is the primary economic activity relying on the movement of herds and people. (Photo: Arne Hoel / World Bank) I have been working on assessing Social Protection mechanisms in Somalia for mo…