TY - JOUR
T1 - Growth and inequality at the micro scale: an empirical analysis of farm incomes within smallholder irrigation systems in Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Mozambique
AU - Manero, Ana
AU - Bjornlund, Henning
AU - Wheeler, S A
AU - Zuo, Alec
AU - Mdemu, Makarius
AU - van Rooyen, Andre
AU - Chilundo, Mario
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The mechanisms linking growth and inequality are critical for poverty reduction, yet they remain poorly understood at the micro level, as current knowledge is dominated by country-wide studies. This article evaluates farm income growth and changes in inequality among five smallholder irrigation communities in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Over the period of study, the poorest sections of the population became better-off. Over an income growth spell, at low levels of growth, relative inequality increases, but it starts to drop as growth rises beyond a certain rate. Thus, careful design is required to ensure that pro-growth strategies also become inequality-reducing.
AB - The mechanisms linking growth and inequality are critical for poverty reduction, yet they remain poorly understood at the micro level, as current knowledge is dominated by country-wide studies. This article evaluates farm income growth and changes in inequality among five smallholder irrigation communities in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Over the period of study, the poorest sections of the population became better-off. Over an income growth spell, at low levels of growth, relative inequality increases, but it starts to drop as growth rises beyond a certain rate. Thus, careful design is required to ensure that pro-growth strategies also become inequality-reducing.
U2 - 10.1080/07900627.2020.1811959
DO - 10.1080/07900627.2020.1811959
M3 - Article
SN - 0790-0627
VL - 36
SP - 224
EP - 245
JO - International Journal of Water Resources Development
JF - International Journal of Water Resources Development
IS - 1
ER -