Number37, VolumeXX,No.2, SecondSemester1993 AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AND RURAL PERFORMANCE:

Usual indicators of intertemporal rural performance are technically flawed mainly because of the "shifting " of the physical area of the rural sector as population grows and/or economic activity expands. This problem is illus-trated here using Philippine poverty data. This paper also shows that rural poverty in the Philippines was substantially unaffected by the rapid agricul-tural growth during the Green Revolution period. Both demand and supply considerations constrained the responses of the rural sector to the stimulus provided by rapid agricultural growth.