Fuwa, Nobuhiko; Balisacan, Arsenio M.; Mapa, Dennis; … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
This paper analyzes the sources of rural non-farm sector growth in the Philippines, which has become the main driver of rural poverty reduction. We find that agricultural growth has significantly positive effects on service sector growth (with elasticity of about 0.20) but little effects on...