Download or read book Development Centre Studies Informal Institutions How Social Norms Help or Hinder Development written by OECD Development Centre and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2007-10-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informal institutions — family and kinship structures, traditions, and social norms — are often decisive factors in shaping policy outcomes and this book advocates a pragmatic way of dealing with them.