Table 7.3—Rural income growth and poverty reduction for two of the farm household groups under the combined agricultural and nonagricultural growth scenarios (percent)
Income growth rate Combined
Region
Rural small-farm households Kigali
Southern Western Northern Eastern National
Rural medium- to large-farm households Kigali
Southern Western Northern Eastern National
Baseline (percent)
5.27 5.91 6.09 5.78 5.43 5.83
5.05 6.98 7.47 7.06 5.77 6.65
scenario (percent)
7.86 8.44 8.82 8.37 8.09 8.47
7.60 8.97 9.77 9.35 8.43 9.03
Change
(percentage point)
2.59 2.53 2.73 2.58 2.65 2.63
2.56 1.99 2.31 2.29 2.66 2.38
Source: Rwandan dynamic computable general equilibrium model results. Note: The poverty rate is the proportion of the population with per capita consumption below the poverty line.