This is worrying as both are vital for development. At the same time, appropriate strategies and policies are needed to foster rural industrialization and absorb the push of labour from the agricultural sector. For one, the current shift to a serviced-based economy is coming at an early stage in the region’s developing countries. In addition, with almost 4 of every 10 workers still engaged in agriculture and more than half the developing region’s population living in rural areas, development of the mral economy remains pivotal to making growth more sustainable.