We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky - Mara Kardas-Nelson

SHORTLISTED FOR THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS BOOK PRIZEA 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. In the mid-1970s, Muhammad Yunus, an American-trained Bangladeshi economist, met a poor female stoolmaker who needed money to expand her business. In an act known as the beginning of microfinance, Yunus lent $27 to 42 women, hoping small credit... Zobrazit více