![]() Having failed, it entered into negotiations which led to the inclusion of other clans into a more representative government that won the backing of the country's richest businessmen. In 1992 the government tried to take the port by force form the Isle Muse, a small clan. ![]() ![]() The port of Berbera, a trade hub for landlocked Ethiopia's 80m consumers, is one of the government's main revenue streams. For those looking to bash the multi-billion dollar aid industry, it is an appealing thesis. It has been dependant on raising local tax revenue, which the paper says citizens have used as leverage to make the government more inclusive, representative and accountable. Donors cannot give aid directly to the government since it is not recognised as such. In his paper, Nicholas Eubank, a researcher at Stanford University, claims that some of Somaliland's success is down to a dearth of aid.
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