Civil War And Economic Development In Bakara Market In Mogadishu, Somalia,

ABSTRACT

The study on the “civil war and economic development” was carried out in

Bakara market Mogadishu, Somalia, with specific aims of; examining the role of

civil war; in improving people’s standard of living; and in improvement economic

development. A review of related literature was carried out on already existing

information on the specific aims of this study as a way of comprehending the

problem and enriching and supplementing the study findings. This was through

quantitative and qualitative research designs under which questionnaires and

interviews were administered to a sample of 50 respondents who were both

randomly and purposively selected.

It was established that, the relationship between the civil war and

economic development in Bakara market in Mogadishu, Somalia exists

(sig 0.05) the results also indicated that civil war correlated positively with

economic development (r- value>0.05).The null hypothesis is rejected

hence accepting the alternative hypothesis which indicted that there is significant relationship between the variables.

The study concluded that, although the economic development has created employment avenues, it should avoid duplication of roles and focus on economically sustaining jobs and by playing a corporate social responsibility role, economic development should take initiative to raise awareness on shortfalls of the systems and develop a policy of crime detection.