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Inequality, Institutions, and Change - The Case of Senegal

Andersson, Jens LU (2014) p.53-62
Abstract
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.
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subject
keywords
Inequality, institutional change, Africa, Senegal, evaluation
categories
Popular Science
host publication
Speaking Justice to Power - Ethical and Methodological Challenges for Evaluators
editor
Forss, Kim and Marra, Mita
pages
53 - 62
publisher
Transaction Publishers
ISBN
978-1-4128-5476-4
language
English
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yes
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168c1d3a-7252-462b-b8de-f9570c8a4440 (old id 8521460)
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  author       = {{Andersson, Jens}},
  booktitle    = {{Speaking Justice to Power - Ethical and Methodological Challenges for Evaluators}},
  editor       = {{Forss, Kim and Marra, Mita}},
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  keywords     = {{Inequality; institutional change; Africa; Senegal; evaluation}},
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  publisher    = {{Transaction Publishers}},
  title        = {{Inequality, Institutions, and Change - The Case of Senegal}},
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