whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

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...working their way out of poverty without the help of NGOs or peculiar ideas of centralised, state-controlled economies. The only place in the world that steadfastly seems incapable of changing is A...

2.
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...s because they have the military power. Current US dominance owes a lot to both World Wars, where European economies were destroyed and countries borrowed from the US....

3.
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...nd you also sound as if you are unable to appreciate that we have two overlapping, and occasionally blurred, economies in South Africa. There is plenty of wealth in the informal economy - which is ...

4. The tragedy of Burma, should we help, how to help
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... has appalling famines. Some of these are self-inflicted. Famines don't happen in free-market, liberal economies. Flooding is less likely in nations with strong environmental protection laws. ...

5. The Remarkable Power of Remarkable People
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...ies and tariffs aimed at the few distort markets in outlandish ways. Subsidies to oil producers push entire economies to rely on cheap oil at the expense of, seemingly, more expensive alternatives. ...

6. Everything gets tested but political ideas, they become policy
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...ns as diverse as the World Bank, Freedom House, and the Economist Intelligence Unit which shows that liberal economies fare tremendously better than state-controlled ones. We have the next-door evide...

7. Dealing with the consequences of Zimbabwe
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... their pencils as they attempt to figure a way to stabilise what used to be one of Africa's most dynamic economies. The first step is to get rid of the Zimbabwe dollar. Zimbabweans already don&#...

8. When no-one is held accountable, everyone suffers
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...k-on impact to industry in Namibia, Mozambique and Botswana – countries that were hoping to grow their economies and push their own people out of poverty. Collectivism is the source of the thin...

9. Killing the Golden Goose, a lesson in Economic Freedom
(Analysis/Analysis)

...t groups campaign to have their own needs prioritised. This can lead to unexpected outcomes and inefficient economies. In South Africa the minister of telecommunications gets to decide whether or n...

10. The spectre of loyalty over ability
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...heir talent somewhere they will see it rewarded. Poor leadership can destroy vibrant businesses and growing economies by so alienating the most capable that they leave. The clearest symbol of South ...

11. Everything is coming up Capitalism
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...erged. Now it is known as "new economics" or "anti-globalisation" or "people's economies". The prevention of Newspeak A new book by William J. Baumol, et al, &quo...

12. South Africa's two tiers
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...nded Chinese imports. I asked Trevor Manuel, "Why doesn't government just admit that there are two economies and make two different sets of rules for them? There is no incentive for any for...

13. The war of informal markets against central states; a bellwether of support
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...nd is channelled by their leaders into protests and animosity levelled at their enemies. In relatively open economies the scale of the informal market provides a good approximation to the real level ...

14. Suburbanise! How aid and trade obliterate unique cultures
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...ter they're back for the same thing. At the same time, creeping inwards, western companies absorb their economies. In 100 years what will be left will be a stable and prosperous nation. But one...

15. When equality becomes unfair: South Africa's two economies
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...nemployment is widespread.  These are the relatively destitute poor. The relationship between these two economies is straightforward:  the poor people work in the rich people's factories...

16. Sarkozy's French Election: when elephants fight only the grass gets trampled
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...squo;re causing. France is pivotal to the European project.  They are still one of the biggest European economies, with a massive population and independent ideas about the way in which they woul...

17. Jobs are from Mars, Business is from Venus
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...rbated by the global demographic trend which has seen the size of youth increasing at a faster rate than our economies can absorb.  It is therefore, critical that partnership is forged in tacklin...

18. The Cold War, Global Warming and the War on Ideas
(Analysis/Analysis)

...s of how to stop global warming? Over the past 50 years, throughout the period of the Cold War, free-market economies have developed revolutionary and astonishing technologies.  Not a single fut...

19. A story of an African Orphan
(Analysis/Analysis)

...AIDS (Acquired Immune-Deficiency Syndrome) crisis has been wreaking havoc in many of the Sub-Saharan African economies over the last 20 years. By and large, the response to the epidemic resembles a mo...

20. "On your left is an Orc fighting a Troll" - travels in hyper-reality offer lessons for the poor
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...titute because they choose it for themselves. Populist governments in poor countries have so degraded their economies - through neglect, incompetence, or outright corruption - that homegrown entrepre...

21. We're from Mars and we want to help: four lessons in development
(Analysis/Analysis)

...s; iii)that aid should go to governments irrespective of their poor governance or state-led control of their economies; iv) and that prices be "stabilised" by price fixing. In other words t...

22. Coffee, the miracle of poverty, and other wonders
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...mporters and roasters, it has confounded governments and NGOs hoping to use the bean to stimulate developing economies.  The collapse of trade barriers, a jump in production and a tendency by the...

23. The other losing battle: Africa's war on talent
(Analysis/Analysis)

...e on an international level with everyone else to ensure that critical skills are available to support their economies.  Most, with their inept governments and chronic instability, are doing a ph...

24. Unlock the Value in Emerging Markets
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The world's largest and fastest growing economies are all informal ones - the fortune at the bottom of the pyramid - and the most dynamic and competitive companies are the ones that have seen the