In other words, we endeavour to answer the question: "Does the increase of 0.5 units for the rural poor affect only this group or does it first have an impact on the urban rich before trickling down to the rural poor?" At the same time, 5.1 per cent of the multiplier travels through the rural non-poor, onward to subsistence labour, then to agriculture, before influencing the rural poor. This makes sense, given the level of communal living and dependence in many African countries. In the case of the rural non-poor, the majority (74.5 per cent) of the multiplier travels directly to the rural non-poor, while a mere 2.1 per cent travels through livestock consumption to the rural non-poor.