Dr. Jaime Aristotle Alip (born April 22, 1957) is a Filipino social entrepreneur, and the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of the CARD Mutually Reinforcing Ins*utions, a group of companies composed of a microfinance NGO, banks, a development ins*ute, microinsurance companies, IT companies, a publishing company, a tour operator, a pharmacy, and a laboratory. The companies were established to empower poor women on the countryside, to help eradicate poverty in the Philippines. CARD is the largest microfinance ins*ute in the Philippines. Dr. Alip has won several awards for his work, such as the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award in 2008 for public service. Dr, Alip was appointed as presidential adviser for Economic Empowerment of the Rural Poor in March 2011. He is also the recipient of the 2019 Ramon V. del Rosario Award for Nation Building.

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