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Lisa DeMarco

Lisa DeMarco

Fisherwomen in Vietnam Quadruple Incomes After Receiving Kiva Microloans for 8 Years

I had the opportunity to meet some inspiring fisherwomen in Thanh Hoa this week! Two of them said they were able to quadruple their incomes…

Oct 4, 2016

Fisherwomen in Vietnam Quadruple Incomes After Receiving Kiva Microloans for 8 Years

Oct 4, 2016

Lisa DeMarco

Animals for Education

These entrepreneurial Kiva borrowers from Yên Định, a rural village in Thanh Hoa province, purchased, raised and sold animals in order to…

Oct 4, 2016

Animals for Education

Oct 4, 2016

Lisa DeMarco

Vietnamese Salt Farmers: the Salt of the Earth

Humble, good-natured, reliable. These are the qualities I’ve encountered in the salt farmers — and Kiva microloan borrowers — I was able to…

Oct 4, 2016

Vietnamese Salt Farmers: the Salt of the Earth

Oct 4, 2016

Lisa DeMarco

Sisterhood is Global: Meet the Strong Women of Vietnam!

It’s no wonder the Vietnamese women’s unions run the implementation and oversight of the majority of the microfinance initiatives in…

Oct 4, 2016

Sisterhood is Global: Meet the Strong Women of Vietnam!

Oct 4, 2016

Lisa DeMarco

Biodigesters & The Triple Bottom Line

Biodigesters meet the triple bottom line (“TBL”) of people, planet and profit thereby resulting in maximum impact. They not only reduce…

Oct 4, 2016

Biodigesters & The Triple Bottom Line

Oct 4, 2016

Lisa DeMarco

Kenya Has Mastered Mobile Money. Here Are 3 Reasons Vietnam Needs Mobile Money Too.

Kenya dominates mobile money, as there are now more than 26.7 million M-Pesa subscribers in Kenya alone, and these subscribers can now use…

Oct 4, 2016

Kenya Has Mastered Mobile Money. Here Are 3 Reasons Vietnam Needs Mobile Money Too.

Oct 4, 2016

Lisa DeMarco

The Global Development Case for Female Empowerment

Women are a good investment. Here’s why they are a worthy investment, how they can be invested in and thereby empowered, and how this…

Oct 4, 2016

The Global Development Case for Female Empowerment

Oct 4, 2016

Lisa DeMarco

Microfinance: Who Cares?

Poor people do, but at the end of the day: we all do. I will first highlight the evidence that supports the conclusion that microfinance…

Oct 4, 2016

Microfinance: Who Cares?

Oct 4, 2016

Lisa DeMarco

Lisa DeMarco

Current http://Kiva.org Microfinance Fellow in Vietnam. UCLA alum. Social enterprise professional. #SocialImpact #Science #Tech #Politics http://lisademarco.com

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