whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. Do you hate the poor enough to be charitable?
(Analysis/Analysis)

... trade their way into wealth. At the same time images of poverty have resulted in massive relief efforts by charities. Another famous stereotype of Africa is the relief worker driving in their luxur...

2. Development organisations need to engage with ratings agencies
(Analysis/Analysis)

...incipal of Ithuteng Trust in Soweto – or even traumatised volunteers complaining about maltreatment at charities they spend time with.  Donors take note and back off for a while from the en...

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

...eties, journalists, rate-payers associations, animal welfare groups, child welfare, tourism societies, NGOs, charities … anyone or anything that acts to create work opportunities and promote di...

4. Rating to create a market; questions and answers
(Analysis/Analysis)

...elopment sector is a massive no-go area.  Who says that the products and services offered by NGOs and charities are any good?  You can give anything away, but that doesn’t make it us...

5. Mama Jackie - the "Angel of Soweto" - assaults a journalist
(Analysis/Analysis)

... in Soweto – as an example of the embarrassing situations that donors could wind up in when supporting charities. Mama Jackie was exposed by television actuality show, Carte Blanche, for gettin...

6. Should charitable organisations be allowed to compete with businesses?
(Analysis/Analysis)

Charities and development organisations frequently like to supplement their incomes from donors by selling items.  Some organisations have become major brands in their own right (such as Oxfam or

7. The lack of feedback and accountability is fatal to aid effectiveness
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ortable buying products made by people we don’t know. And then we get to the development sector where charities and development agencies assist people we don’t know to stop being poor. I...

8. Is the $ 100 laptop no more than a really expensive light-bulb?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...n 1991.  And I managed to get a science degree using that one. The computers are hand-me-downs but, if charities can distribute second-hand clothes to developing countries, I can’t imagine...

9. How much does a free education cost?
(Analysis/Analysis)

... the highly regarded social entrepreneurship organisation certified as among the "Best in America" charities, highlights among its hundreds of projects a worker's cooperative in Brazil t...

10. Guide To Volunteering
(Analysis/Donation Tips)

Spend some time researching charities before you invest your time helping their endeavours With four in five charities reporting that they use volunteers, it is hard to imagine where the philanthropi

11. Guide to Donating
(Analysis/Donation Tips)

...our family. Be specific about the change you want to affect. For example, don't just support generic HIV charities, but instead have targeted outcome goals for giving, such as providing anti-retro...

12. Responsibility Reputation Risk - a conference on corporate social investment
(Events/Events)

...ng companies to additional risk; this time in fields significantly outside of their expertise or experience. Charities and development organisations are at significant risk from a lack of oversight an...

13. Tips
(Category List)

Tips for Donors At Whythawk, we believe that it is essential to support well-managed charities and non-profits to ensure the continued development of those marginalised by state failure. To that end,