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On September 11, 2024, the Vancouver Public Library hosted a conversation between Mara Kardas-Nelson and Philip Owira, about Mara's book We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky.

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Has microfinance lived up to its promise of lifting millions of people out of poverty worldwide?

In her new book, We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky, Mara Kardas Nelson explores the promises and perils of microfinance, and shows the problems with this approach to international development. Through the eyes of international lenders and women borrowers in West Africa, this absorbing book exposes the flaws in microfinance, and shows that it can entrench inequality, instead of helping solve poverty.

Mara will be in conversation with journalist Philip Owira.

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Mara Kardas-Nelson is an independent journalist focusing on international development, health policy, the environment and inequality. Her award-winning work has appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, NPR, the Guardian, and elsewhere. Mara has also worked in global health, with South Africa’s Treatment Action Campaign, the Access Campaign of Médecins Sans Frontières, Partners in Health and elsewhere. Originally from the U.S., she has also lived in Canada, South Africa, and Sierra Leone.

Philip Owira is an Associate Producer at CBC News, working on the the flagship afternoon radio show "On The Coast". Prior to CBC, Philip was a Misinformation Researcher at Lead Stories, where he focused on tackling misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine on TikTok. Philip also served as a Senior Producer at TRT World from 2018 to 2020, reporting on global breaking news from Istanbul.