Policies that can strengthen rural incomes along these development pathways are discussed in Box 4.3. These include i) a declining share of agriculture in GDP as the economy develops and diversifies, ii) a release of labour from the sector driven by a combination of the “push” of labour-saving technical change in agriculture and the “pull” of growing labour demand in non-agricultural sectors, and iii) rising agricultural output. This means offering multiple development pathways for farm households: improving competitiveness (i.e. productivity) within the agricultural sector, diversifying income sources among household members, and, for some, leaving the sector for better paid jobs. Most of the relevant expenditures would need to be made at the economy-wide or sectoral level rather than in the form of payments to individuals.