ABSTRACT 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.

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微观尺度的增长和不平等：津巴布韦、坦桑尼亚和莫桑比克小农灌溉系统内农场收入的实证分析

摘要 将增长与不平等联系起来的机制对于减贫至关重要，但在微观层面上仍然知之甚少，因为目前的知识主要由全国性研究主导。本文评估了莫桑比克、坦桑尼亚和津巴布韦五个小农灌溉社区的农场收入增长和不平等的变化。在研究期间，人口中最贫困的部分变得富裕起来。在收入增长时期，在低增长水平下，相对不平等会增加，但随着增长超过一定速度，不平等开始下降。因此，需要仔细设计以确保促进增长的战略也能减少不平等。