To the extent that Italy held the territory by UN mandate, the trusteeship provisions gave the Somalis the opportunity to gain experience in Western political education and self-government. These were advantages that British Somaliland, which was to be incorporated into the new Somali state, did not have. Although in the 1950s British colonial officials attempted, through various administrative development efforts, to make up for past neglect, the protectorate stagnated in political administrative development. The disparity between the two territories in economic development and political experience would later cause serious difficulties integrating the two parts.Helen Chapin Metz, ed. (1992) Somalia: A Country Study . Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress.thumb|upright|An avenue in downtown Mogadishu in 1963Meanwhile, in 1948, under pressure from their World War II allies and to the dismay of the Somalis,Federal Research Division (2004) Somalia: A Country Study, Kessinger Publishing, LLC, p. 38, . the British returned the Haud (an important Somali grazing area that was presumably protected by British treaties with the Somalis in 1884 and 1886) and the Somali Region to Ethiopia, based on a treaty they signed in 1897 in which the British ceded Somali territory to the Ethiopian Emperor Menelik in exchange for his help against possible advances by the French..
To the extent that Italy held the territory by UN mandate the trusteeship provisions gave the Somalis the opportunity to gain experience in Western political education and self-government These were advantages that British Somaliland which was to be incorporated into the new Somali state did not have Although in the 1950s British colonial officials attempted through various administrative development efforts to make up for past neglect the protectorate stagnated in political administrative development The disparity between the two territories in economic development and political experience would later cause serious difficulties integrating the two partsHelen Chapin Metz ed (1992) Somalia A Country Study  Washington GPO for the Library of Congressthumb|upright|An avenue in downtown Mogadishu in 1963Meanwhile in 1948 under pressure from their World War II allies and to the dismay of the SomalisFederal Research Division (2004) Somalia A Country Study Kessinger Publishing LLC p 38  the British returned the Haud (an important Somali grazing area that was presumably protected by British treaties with the Somalis in 1884 and 1886) and the Somali Region to Ethiopia based on a treaty they signed in 1897 in which the British ceded Somali territory to the Ethiopian Emperor Menelik in exchange for his help against possible advances by the French