Indeed, if structural transformation is not matched by a desirable change in the structure of employment, poverty may increase (Aggarwal and Kumar, 2012). Therefore, careful policy formulation is critical to: (a) ensuring the expansion of productive and decent jobs, (b) enhancing productivity of the rural agricultural sector in which the majority of the poor work and live, and (c) preventing inequality from rising during the process of structural transformation. This is because the agricultural sector still dominates employment in many of the countries with special needs.