Diaspora and State-building: The Case of Somalia

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Remittance by Somali diasporas to residents in Somalia has been sent through modernized version of xawilaad, which is the system of sending money among Somalis. In this regard, remittance has been very important revenue or resources for local Somalis for their survival as well as local industrialization. Somalia diasporas also have been heavily involved in political development in Somalia, especially relatively stable Somaliland in the north. Therefore, Somali diasporas will have very high potentials to be important parts of state-formation in Somalia.