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Table 2.4 Poverty in Nepal, by employment sector of the household head, 1995–96 and 2003–04 (percent) Headcount poverty rate
Distribution of the poor Employment sector 1995–96
Self-employed Agriculture
Manufacturing Trade
Services
Wage earner Agriculture Professional Other
Unemployed
43.1 41.4 32.2 25.3
55.9 8.3
39.7 9.5
Nonactive 30.5 Total
41.8 Source: World Bank (2006, 13).
Table 2.5 Poverty measurement in Nepal, by landownership (rural areas only), 1995–96 and 2003–04 (percent) Poverty headcount rate
Distribution of the poor Landholdings (hectares) 1995–96 2003–04
<0.2 48 39 0.2–1.0 45 38 1.0–2.0 39 27 >2.0 39 Total 43
Source: World Bank (2006, 16).
Percentage change
1995–96 2003–04
24 35
–17 23 25 –15 44 51 –29 19 16 –39 –20
15 100
Percentage change
10 17
8 100
–14 –49 0
1995–96 21
42 21 16
100
2003–04 22
47 20 11
100 2003–04
32.9 31.2 11.1 14.4
53.8 2.1
28.8 2.9
26.9 30.8
Percentage change
–24 –25 –66 –43
–4
–74 –28
1995–96
60.7 3.4 4.3 1.0
15.7 0.4
10.6 3.9 2003–04
66.9 4.5 1.6 1.5
10.9 0.2
10 4.4 100.0 100.0
Percentage change
10 32
–62 53
–31 –53 –6
14 1995–96
58.8 3.4 5.6 1.6
11.7 2.2
11.1 5.3 2003–04
62.7 4.4 4.5 3.2
6.2 2.9
10.7
–69 0.1 0 –68 0.3 0.2 –12 –26
5.1 100.0 100.0
Distribution of the population
Percentage change
7 29
–19 99
–47 35 –4
–23 –4
Distribution of the population
Percentage change
7
11 –3
–32 0
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