We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky, 9781761381386
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Microfinance: Hope or harm? Poverty, debt, and broken promises in Africa.

We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky

the seductive promise of microfinance

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  • Paperback

    400 pages

  • Release Date

    29 July 2024

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Summary

We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky: Unmasking the Microfinance Promise

A deeply reported work of journalism that explores the promises and perils of global microfinance, told through the eyes of those who work in small-scale lending and of women borrowers in Sierra Leone, West Africa.

There’s a famous story about how microfinance started. In the mid-1970s, Muhammad Yunus, an American-trained Bangladeshi economist, met a poor female stoolmaker who needed money to expand her b…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781761381386
ISBN-10:1761381385
Author:Mara Kardas-Nelson
Publisher:Scribe Publications
Imprint:Scribe Publications
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:400
Release Date:29 July 2024
Weight:494g
Dimensions:233mm x 154mm x 34mm
About The Author

Mara Kardas-Nelson

Mara Kardas-Nelson is an independent journalist focusing on international development and inequality. Her award-winning work has appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, NPR, The Guardian, and elsewhere. Mara has spent years working in global health. Originally from the US, she has also lived in Canada, South Africa, and Sierra Leone.

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