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Facilitating Inclusive Rural Transformation in the Asian Developing Countries
Figure 3. Share of rural population under poverty by country in APR, 1987-2012
Sources: WB, WDI ( 2015) except for data on the extreme poverty in Vietnam, the later uses na-
tional poverty line (at PPP $1.23/day) and is from Vietnam government.
Figure 4. Structural transformation and rural poverty reduction in the period indicated
Notes: On panel B, the non-agricultural employment data in BGD (Bangladesh) in recent years
and in LAO (Laos) for whole study period are not available, so they are excluded. The simple
means for “average annual change in the share of non-agricultural GDP” and “average annual
change in rural poverty rate” of nine countries are 0.57 (as indicated by vertical dotted line) and
-1.90 (as indicated by horizontal dotted line) respectively.
Sources: WB, WDI (2015).
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