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Inequality, Institutions, and Change - The Case of Senegal

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Author

  • Jens Andersson

Editor

  • Kim Forss
  • Mita Marra

Summary, in English

The chapter studies the relationship between inequality and institutional change in the long-run. The key message is that societies change slowly and unpredictably because of path dependency of economic, political, and social institutions. Prevalent inequalities between different groups rooted in history may help to explain why change does not take place. This has implications for the results that can be expected from development interventions and for the evaluation community that is commissioned to assess them.

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

53-62

Publication/Series

Speaking Justice to Power - Ethical and Methodological Challenges for Evaluators

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Transaction Publishers

Topic

  • Economic History

Keywords

  • Inequality
  • institutional change
  • Africa
  • Senegal
  • evaluation

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-1-4128-5476-4