In addition, as the question implies, I think it is important for us to provide support and training and help to the democratic process more broadly. Not just by supporting elections, but by supporting the rule of law, the sanctity of contract for business people, the strengthening of human rights practices, the operation of the free press, and so forth. It's a very sad situation. There are some indications of local and grass roots efforts to build peace at the local and regional level. But there is not yet much evidence of a coming together at the national level.
Somali society is deeply fragmented and many leaders with guns are pursuing their vested interests.
The international financial institutions have been part of the problem and part of the solution at the same time. Their ideas have shifted as Africa has shifted. I believe essentially that the international institutions represent a source of much-needed discipline and coherence to African economic policies. But that only works if the ideas behind the discipline are good ones. There are many many factors that explain the success of a country.