Abstract

This chapter looks at how development discourses affect economic privilege in the Horn of Africa, through an emphasis on how the idea of growth may keep inequality going. The study uses a sample of 394 people as well as the adequacy test to see if the sample is good enough for factor analysis. The KMO value shows that there are strong correlations among the variables. Factor loading is used to check the measurement model as well as make sure that the indicators correctly reflect the underlying ideas about development discourses as well as economic privilege. AMOS software uses mediation to look at how development discourses, the sense of economic progress, as well as the ensuing economic privilege are all connected. The outcomes imply that the popular stories about development frequently make it look like there is growth while in reality it mostly helps elite groups as well as leaves out larger groups. We take a close look at this illusion of progress as well as show how it affects public policy as well as the distribution of resources, which ultimately makes existing inequities