SOMALILAND Poverty Assessment

SOMALILAND Poverty Assessment Currency EquivalentsCurrency Unit = Somaliland Shilling US$1 = 7.2 Somaliland Shillings (As of October 1, 2014) Executive SummaryIntroduction and motivation1. For many years, Somaliland has had no survey-based measure of poverty

HISTORICAL OF THE BRITISH SOMALILAND

In 1517, the conquest of Egypt by Sultan Salim I and its incorporation into the Ottoman Empire initiated the early intrusion of foreign powers into Somaliland. The Red Sea was free of the Portuguese

GDP 2012 in Somaliland

1    Introduction The Minister of National Planning and Development has requested that the World Bank pro­vide assistance in strengthening the ability to determine and monitor macroeconomic data. Accordingly, the World Bank Poverty Reduction and