Thus, urban-rural differences in the case of hunger are different from those relating to poverty. Among the Asia Pacific LDCs, Lao PDR has an incidence of 60.8 per cent, while similar incidences are 3.0 per cent in Bangjadesh and 33.0 per cent in Timor-Leste (see, Ahmed et. The results for Bangladesh show that, while food energy deficiency is a major problem for the country, low quality diet affects much fewer people. When it comes to diet quality, rural households are at a clear disadvantage.