Published November 23rd, 2008 by Future Atlas
Governed and ungoverned spaces
Somali pirates seizing ships on the high seas and militias driving hundreds of thousands from their homes in the Congo are prime examples of what happens when there is too little government to manage even basic control of a country.
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Government effectiveness is crucial because many key 21st century issues — from climate change and intellectual property theft to human rights and terrorism — are decisively affected by it.