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'A dream come true'? Adolescents’ perspectives on urban relocation and life in condominiums in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

11.04.22 | Ethiopia

Economic empowerment | Education | Social protection

Authors

Alula Pankhurst Mesele Araya Agazi Tiumelissan

From 2006, the Ethiopian government embarked on a programme of urban redevelopment, moving people from inner-city areas to lowest cost condominium housing in the suburbs. This longitudinal mixed-methods study tracked adolescents before and after the move, with an eight-year interval in between, in three Young Lives sites in the capital city, Addis Ababa. The paper compares the views of those relocated and those who stayed behind, and the opinions of those relocated before and after their move.

This paper is an output of Young Lives and the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) programme (www.odi.org.uk).  An accompanying Policy Brief will be published in early April 2022.

Suggested citation:

Pankhurst, A., Araya, M., Tiumelissan, A. and Birhanu, K. (2022) ‘A dream come true’? Adolescents’ perspectives on urban relocation and life in condominiums in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Oxford: Young Lives (https://www.gage.odi.org/publication/a-dream-come-true-adolescents-perspectives-on-urban-relocation-and-life-in-condominiums-in-addis-ababa-ethiopia/)


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