‘We Can’t Live in the Sky’ Explores Whether Microlending Actually Hurts More Than It Helps

Microcredit—providing small loans to poor people to help them start a business—was the idea that won Muhammad Younis the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. But the author Mara Cardas-Nelson spent years in Sierra Leone following the women who took out these loans and found that the system was broken, leaving them often deeply in debt.

Nelson writes about his discoveries in “We can’t live in the sky” and talks about the book with presenter Deepa Fernandez.

Excerpt from the book: “We Can’t Live in the Sky”

Mara Cardas-Nelson

This segment will air on November 7, 2024. Audio will be available after the broadcast.