Comments on: Failed States, Part 1: Best and Worst http://cominganarchy.com/2007/06/29/failed-states-part-1-best-and-worst/ Speak Victorian, Think Pagan Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:21:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jing http://cominganarchy.com/2007/06/29/failed-states-part-1-best-and-worst/comment-page-1/#comment-376255 Jing Sat, 30 Jun 2007 12:03:55 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/06/29/failed-states-part-1-best-and-worst/#comment-376255 The failed states index seems to be a complete waste of time and energy and should be more accurately described as an indicator of sentiment rather than factual. Many of their evaluations seem almost completely arbitrary and ridiculous. The U.S. scoring a 5.5 on the refugee situation? What internally displaced persons and refugees. India with its hundreds of thousands uprooted from Kashmir and it's northeast, let alone domestic refugees from localized sectarian strife somehow gets a 3.2. The failed states index seems to be a complete waste of time and energy and should be more accurately described as an indicator of sentiment rather than factual. Many of their evaluations seem almost completely arbitrary and ridiculous. The U.S. scoring a 5.5 on the refugee situation? What internally displaced persons and refugees. India with its hundreds of thousands uprooted from Kashmir and it’s northeast, let alone domestic refugees from localized sectarian strife somehow gets a 3.2.

]]> By: TDL http://cominganarchy.com/2007/06/29/failed-states-part-1-best-and-worst/comment-page-1/#comment-376238 TDL Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:43:50 +0000 http://cominganarchy.com/2007/06/29/failed-states-part-1-best-and-worst/#comment-376238 Interesting that Somalia is always looked at in such a negative manner. Up until the recent U.N. & Ethiopian machinations, Somalia had reached a relatively "peaceful" (can't think of a better word) state and the standard of living had been rising (albeit slowly.) The Somali picture is a lot more complicated than made out to be. While there are obvious problems, there are also signs of a rising standard of living. I think part of the problem stems from the reflexive belief that any society with a Western style state is failing. I have included some studies on Somalia; the first one also has a nice map of Somalia (I know how you guys love maps) on page 5 and clan lineage charts in Appendix 2. http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTSOMALIA/Resources/conflictinsomalia.pdf http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/publicpolicyjournal/280-nenova-harford.pdf This last link is a short Reason snippet on Somalia. http://www.reason.com/news/show/36545.html Regards, TDL Interesting that Somalia is always looked at in such a negative manner. Up until the recent U.N. & Ethiopian machinations, Somalia had reached a relatively “peaceful” (can’t think of a better word) state and the standard of living had been rising (albeit slowly.) The Somali picture is a lot more complicated than made out to be. While there are obvious problems, there are also signs of a rising standard of living. I think part of the problem stems from the reflexive belief that any society with a Western style state is failing. I have included some studies on Somalia; the first one also has a nice map of Somalia (I know how you guys love maps) on page 5 and clan lineage charts in Appendix 2.

http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTSOMALIA/Resources/conflictinsomalia.pdf

http://rru.worldbank.org/Documents/publicpolicyjournal/280-nenova-harford.pdf

This last link is a short Reason snippet on Somalia.
http://www.reason.com/news/show/36545.html

Regards,
TDL

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