Monthly Archives: January 2024

Poverty and wealth without a ladder?

Posted on January 26, 2024 by jedstevenson

The third post in a series introducing a new article on researching poverty and wealth in Ethiopia. In 2017 my colleagues and I launched a project that we called Shifting Inequality Dynamics in Ethiopia (SIDERA). [1] The project was led … Continue reading →

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Schooling, life chances, and daily bread

Posted on January 25, 2024 by jedstevenson

I explain how I moved from studying schooling to researching wealth and poverty. Those years spanned the global financial crisis, which had insidious effects in Ethiopia. My doctoral project was about mothers’ schooling and health – I was interested in … Continue reading →

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Snakes and ladders

Posted on January 24, 2024 by jedstevenson

The first of a series of posts on researching wealth and poverty in Ethiopia. This month my colleagues and I published a new article on measuring poverty and wealth in Ethiopia. Here I tell the story of how I came … Continue reading →

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