whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. When no-one is held accountable, everyone suffers
(Analysis/Analysis)

...9;t get their goods to market and industry is in chaos. Worse, though, is that the blameless citizens of Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi have been dragged into the fray. Fuel supplies that must come in v...

2. The Last King, the Centralised State, and Democracy
(Analysis/Analysis)

...The scene is from the film “The Last King of Scotland” in which we view the atrocities of the Ugandan regime led by Idi Amin through the lens of a fictional character.  Without that r...

3. No matter how hard you try bad environments lead to bad results
(Analysis/Analysis)

...to most.  NGOs also have to pay these duties, severely reducing the scope of their reach.  When Uganda dropped import tariffs to 5% the price plummeted to $ 3.50 per net and malaria levels ...

4. The end of wild seafood and the myth of "free"
(Analysis/Analysis)

... up like sweets at a children's birthday party.  Deforestation around Lake Victoria - shared by Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania - makes the area a less efficient rain catchment for the lake, and ...