Decoupling Sovereignty Index (6): Recovery sequencing and the logic of sovereign re-coupling, By Max Amuchie

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Max Amuchie argues that rebuilding infrastructure and restoring formal services do not, by themselves, re-establish government authority in a recovering territory. Safe travel, public trust, and the sequencing of recovery efforts are presented as important to restoring sovereignty.

A government can spend billions rebuilding a territory and still fail to restore its authority. It can construct local government offices, rehabilitate schools, establish health facilities and introduce formal systems of taxation. It can deploy officials, launch livelihood programmes and announce the return of normal administration. Yet if residents cannot travel safely along the roads […] The post Decoupling Sovereignty Index (6): Recovery sequencing and the logic of sovereign re-coupling, By Max Amuchie appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.