Soviet aid project delays stemmed from port congestion and untrained staff

Evidence

The Soviets complained a great deal about the slow progress of the projects. Most of the delays were due to heavy congestion at the Mogadishu port facilities and untrained personnel. Hussen convened a meeting of his senior staff and discussed the matter. They concluded that the problem was that the project’s schedules were too ambitious for the country’s capabilities. The minister and the Soviet representative orally modified the agreement on project schedules and the speed of their implementation to their mutual satisfaction. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 716

Categorization

• DEFINE: Illustrates how early Somali state capacity constrained foreign aid implementation.