Daron's Acemoglu's "Root Causes" provides an overview of his influential research with James Robinson and Simon Johnson on the causes of the huge gap in living standards and levels of development between rich and poor countries.

-Why are institutions persistent and often unchanging according to Daron Acemoglu?

-What are the potential policy implications of their analysis?

You need to pick up the answer from the link in the article below:

https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2003/06/pdf/Acemoglu.pdf