'Even if she learns, she doesn't understand properly'. Children's understandings of ill-being and poverty in five Ethiopian communities

The paper argues on the basis of data from Young Lives, an international study of childhood poverty, and an extensive review of child-centred poverty studies that experiences of relative poverty and social exclusion are as common and corrosive in contemporary Ethiopia as North America and Europe. If taken seriously, this insight could broaden the focus of child poverty reduction from nutrition and education to include the psychosocial costs of lacking the culturally-specific resources required for full participation in society. The paper makes a number of methodological points of value to researchers undertaking similar studies: firstly, poverty can be explored by asking about illbeing; secondly, children's conceptions of poverty are profoundly social and context-specific; and thirdly, young children are just as able to address these themes as older ones.We are not permitted to provide full-text of this article at this time. You may be able to access the article by clicking on the publisher copy or DOI links on this record page. The original publication is available at springer.co