Harvard Kennedy School Alumnus Helps Fill Leadership Void in his Native Somalia

by Doug Gavel
Harvard Kennedy School
Jan 25, 2011

Abdiweli Ali MPA 1999 has spent his academic career researching economic growth and development, public finance and international trade. In recent years, his focus has shifted primarily to the effect of institutions on economic growth within countries and regions. Now Ali has the opportunity to apply what he has learned as he assumes office as the new Deputy Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia.

The country has a troubled recent history plagued by the aftereffects of colonialism, religious conflict and civil war. But now, the nation is experiencing a relative peace as the new government takes shape and new leaders emerge to tackle the many economic and political challenges facing it, its citizens, and its neighbors.
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