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moving from indicator A to B, Ban-
gladesh shifts from slow RT to fast RT,
while India shifts from fast RT to slow
RT. Indeed, both of them should be
considered as moderate in rural trans-
formation, their categories can be easily
changed when the cutting point differs
slightly.
left side of Table 2 presents the typol-
ogy of RT based on indicator A, and
the right side shows the results with RT
based on indicator B. Interestingly, the
results on the categories of inclusive RT
based on two alternative measurements
of RT are consistent for all countries ex-
cept for Bangladesh and India. When
Table 2. Categories of inclusive rural transformation based on speeds of ST and RT
Speed of rural poverty reduction
RT based on A
Fast
Moderate
TR based on B
Slow
Fast
China China
Vietnam Vietnam
Moderate
Cambodia Cambodia
Laos Laos
Indonesia
India
Indonesia
Slow
Bangladesh
Bangladesh India
Pakistan Pakistan
Philippines Philippines
Table 2 reveals the following sev-
eral important observations:
3. the countries that have gone through
both fast ST and fast RT have also
reduced rural poverty fast (e.g.,
China and Vietnam);
1. There is no country that has re-
duced rural poverty fast in the ab-
sence of both fast ST and fast RT
4. the countries that have not gone
(the bottom left corner is empty);
through both fast ST and RT have not
2. there is no country that has reduced
reduced rural poverty fast (Bang-
rural poverty slowly in the present
ladesh, Pakistan and Philippines in
of both fast ST and fast RT (the top
A, and India, Pakistan and Philip-
right corner is empty in both A and
B);
pines in B); and
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