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ResponsibleChina Community: WikiCarbon, Wokai, Givology and CODE

By Erica Schlaikjer ⋅ November 5, 2008 ⋅ One comment

Lots going on in the ResponsibleChina community this month.
Here are some highlights I’d like to share:
WikiCarbon
The China Carbon Forum, a Beijing-based nonprofit professional network dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in China, has created a wiki community portal for those interested in the so-called “carbon market,” defined as all the “regulatory, financial, investment and trading [...]

The ResponsibleChina Show: Courtney McColgan and Casey Wilson, Wokai.org

By Erica Schlaikjer ⋅ October 7, 2008 ⋅ 4 comments

With about 300 million people living below the poverty line in China, microfinance–most commonly defined as small loans for impoverished individuals to help them achieve financial self-sufficiency–is an attractive option.
Wokai.org, “a capital-contributing microfinance intermediary,” is trying to bring money to Chinese entrepreneurs who want to set up like set up their own small businesses, like [...]

Wokai brings microfinance to China

By Erica Schlaikjer ⋅ June 4, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

We’ve mentioned them before (thanks, Mark) in our post about social entrepreneurship in Sichaun, but in case you didn’t hear the first time around, Wokai.org is raising loan capital for microfinance institutions in China.
A big thank you to co-founders Courtney McColgan and Casey Wilson for referring to ResponsibleChina in their recent blog post at Wokai [...]