Effectiveness of Foreign Aid— the Case of Somalia

Abstract

Somalia is one of the poorest countries of the world, with an estimated income per capita of about $50. 1 Yet she is one of the largest recipients of foreign aid: during 1964–1969 she received an annual average of about $15 per head of her 3 million population. 2 This rate of aid is more than three times the figure of $4.5 per capita , which represents the average annual aid to other developing countries during 1964–1967. 3