Over the same period, the decline in South Asia was from 43.1 per cent to 30.9 per cent. In other regions, apart from Eastern Europe and Central Asia, some decline was noticed, but the situation may be characterized more as stagnant than improving. There is significant heterogeneity among the poor in terms of socio-economic and other characteristics including low incomes and assets, inadequate work opportunities, low human development indicators, persistent insecurity, social discrimination, spatial disadvantages, and limited citizenship. It is often important to distinguish between various poor groups in order to understand their life trajectories and household poverty dynamics. This helps identify the main drivers of change and draw implications for policy. This, along with available country specific evidence, will be used to draw some conclusions from the analysis for the Asia Pacific LDCs.