Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Failed States

Somalia tops list of world’s most unstable nations.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5c4f59f0-4185-11dd-9661-0000779fd2ac.html

“One of the biggest declines in this year’s index is registered by Bangladesh, now in 12th place. According to the report, a feuding, deadlocked government, the imposition of emergency rule last year, and the devastation wrought by a cyclone last November that left 1.5m people homeless combined to reverse much of the country’s recent economic progress.”

What do you know? The Philippines had these symptoms for decades.

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