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The politics of drought: The pauperization of lsiolo Boran
Author(s) -
Hogg Richard
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1985.tb00908.x
Subject(s) - independence (probability theory) , poverty , politics , somali , intervention (counseling) , government (linguistics) , population , political science , virtuous circle and vicious circle , development economics , geography , demography , sociology , medicine , economics , law , nursing , macroeconomics , linguistics , statistics , philosophy , mathematics
Isiolo Boran are becoming a population of permanent paupers. During the colonial period they were protected from Somali incursions, and their way of life preserved. Since Independence, however, largely as a result of increasing government intervention and market integration, they have become caught in a vicious spiral of poverty and decline.