TY - JOUR
T1 - Growth and inequality at the micro scale
T2 - an empirical analysis of farm incomes within smallholder irrigation systems in Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Mozambique
AU - Manero, A.
AU - Bjornlund, H.
AU - Wheeler, S.
AU - Zuo, A.
AU - Mdemu, M.
AU - Van Rooyen, A.
AU - Chilundo, M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2020/10/1
Y1 - 2020/10/1
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.
KW - Inequality
KW - agricultural development
KW - economic growth
KW - irrigation
KW - sub-Saharan Africa
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85091013986&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/07900627.2020.1811959
DO - 10.1080/07900627.2020.1811959
M3 - Article
SN - 0790-0627
VL - 36
SP - S224-S245
JO - International Journal of Water Resources Development
JF - International Journal of Water Resources Development
IS - sup1
ER -