Sentences with phrase «occupations over farming»

Another surprising finding, Suri says, was that increases in agent density caused about 3 percent of women in both female - and male - headed households to take up business or retail occupations over farming.

Using extrapolation methods on their data, the researchers estimate that the spread of mobile - money services has helped raise 194,000 Kenyan households out of extreme poverty, and induced 185,000 women to work in business or retail occupations over farming.