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Abstract .............................................. ............... Acknowledgements ......................................................i A note on personal names........................................... ii Maps................................................................ iii Faces of poverty ......................................................1 Depersonalisation through generalisation ......... ....................3 Ebrahim ShChu Sayed ............................................ ......4 Hasan and Kadija ....................................................10 The neighbourhood ................................................14 Ebrahim and Amu .................................................... 20 Infant mortality ....................................................23 Husen Ebrahim: a stunted child .......................................25 Virginity ............................................................30 Monogamy or polygamy. Husband and wife................................31 Muntaha ..........................................................32 Maw kal: A tribute to Allah ..........................................34 Markets and marketing.... ........................................38 Property rights... ..................................................44 Zanaba and Abdi: the townspeople .................... .... ...........47 Postscript: Four years later..........................................52Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Poor Ethiopia Gèata Case studies, Poverty Ethiopia Gèata Case studies, Gèata (Ethiopia) Social conditions Case studies, Gèata (Ethiopia) Economic conditions Case studies