whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

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I buy your argument about education but I don\'t think the budget airline is a good analogy, as I know there are other factors involved such as cross-subsidy with tax-payers\' money. So the current

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... launched. Teachers communicated with their students over ham-radio and thousands of kids got a first-class education remotely. If something similar were set up to allow distributed education onli...

3. Funding departments instead of people cheats everyone
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... people receive it is the state. So, in the two most important sectors of state spending – health and education - how has the public sector performed? R 62.6 billion was budgeted for healthcar...

4. Of Capitalism, Socialist Greed, Poverty and Remaining Silent
(Analysis/Analysis)

...as been regarding HIV / AIDS. Many large firms, from Anglo American to PG Glass, have invested in their own education and medication programs after giving up on the health department. The cost to bu...

5. "Be sure, we will be watching you," the other GB and the pursuit of social justice
(Analysis/Analysis)

...r greats of the freedom struggle, Professor Dennis Davis – now a judge – and Kader Asmal, our ex education minister. "And you're not going to get to ask questions," joked Da...

6. Two Frontiers: wars of liberation and of determination
(Analysis/Analysis)

...at riots are common-place at gatherings of leaders. 100 years ago there was a vast gulf between the average education levels of journalists and that of the general public. Since then that gulf has na...

7. The efficiency of markets and how protectionism leaves the poor behind
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...they're not farming at all. Poverty is exceptionally inefficient. Low wages, manual labour and limited education go hand-in-hand with poor performance and lousy product quality. In the rich wor...

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

...t them by ruthless business owners. The thing about poverty is that it is compounded by a lack of formative education. There aren't many jobs open to you if you can't read or write. Working...

9. One Laptop Per Child, now costing 75% more ...
(Analysis/Analysis)

...h Africa, would pay for 65 new schools.  And we do need them.  As ME Surty, the deputy minister of education, declared, "It is wonderful to talk of connecting up our schools to the Inte...

10. Demonstration Health HIV / AIDS Orphanage B
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...: BBB Healthcare Environment - Supplementary Healthcare: C Development Environment - Education and homework: BBB Development Environment - Social and cultural devel...

11. Demonstration Health HIV / AIDS Orphanage A
(Ratings Demonstration/Demonstration)

... / Nurses: AA Healthcare Environment - Supplementary Healthcare: AAA Development Environment - Education and homework: AA Development Environment - Social and cultural development...

12. Demonstration Table of Ratings
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... not related to any real organisations. Each of the three sectors is demonstrated here collectively (health, education and enterprise), however sectors and sub-sectors would normally be presented sepe...

13. AIDS and the cost of doing nothing
(Analysis/Analysis)

... not only is the government doing little to pay attention to the problem, but the money spent on large-scale education programs is also achieving little by way of awareness and responsibility. South ...

14. Lies, damned lies, and curriculum vitae; or why ratings may be the future of education
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... Research Centre at the University of Cape Town. Bhorat goes on to indicate that the fault lies within the education system rather than with employers simply failing to offer jobs.  The educati...

15. We're from Mars and we want to help: four lessons in development
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...lecommunications infrastructure necessary to move intangible products (such as stories, services and ideas). Education: set up universities and colleges and academic programs to develop local school s...

16. Coffee, the miracle of poverty, and other wonders
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...ty from 268 million to 85 million. The effects of poverty are clear to everyone:  little money, little education, poor health, no jobs, and poor safety and security.  The causes of these ar...

17. Enterprise Development and Employment: Experiences in South Africa and South Eastern Europe
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ugh before starting a business. The last pillar of the efforts to stimulate enterprise development involves education and training. In the SEE region, the emphasis is on developing an enterprise cult...

18. The Martians Really Care: four points to govern development
(Analysis/Ideas and Challenges)

...lecommunications infrastructure necessary to move intangible products (such as stories, services and ideas). Education: take a selection of our best and brightest in a wide range of fields to your sch...

19. How do we prepare nonprofit organisations for the long term?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...skills and capacity developed during the first process remain – for every society will forever require education and health-care, skills development and the nurturing of talented aspirants or ha...

20. What do toilet paper and state monopolies have in common?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...you consider that important?   The South African government has quite a list:  fuel, electricity, education, telecommunications, transport, and information (amongst others). Sure, there ar...

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

...ting jobs, governments need to support dislocated workers and provide them with new opportunities. Improving education and labour market flexibility is a key part of the long-run solution." With...

22. Government rewards the worst schools for poor performance
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A particular focus of development is always on the value of ((education)).  Without a solid foundation it is impossible for people to look after themselves and they may remain reliant on whatever

23. Enterprise - Ratings and Scorecard overview
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... This scorecard measures the capabilities of the managerial staff; focusing on the individual’s formal education and relevant work experience, combining this score with that of other managerial ...

24. Does Africa need the most expensive school in the world?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...he most effective use of resources? The most expensive independent schools in South Africa offering the best educations, and including room and board, charge about $ 13 800 per student, per year.&nbsp...

25. Millennium Development Goals and the Measurement of Change
(Analysis/Analysis)

...nd hunger by halving the proportion of people who earn less than $ 1 a day Goal 2: achieve universal primary education for children everywhere, both girls and boys Goal 3: promote gender equality and ...

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

There are very few things in life that are free: air, water, seafood … not free in the sense that you don’t pay for them (water out the tap, fresh fish in the markets) but the product its

27. X Challenge: Develop the cheapest most effective school
(Analysis/Analysis)

... Academy1 catering to a microscopic number of kids.  At $ 7 500 per year this is no cheap solution to educational problems.  Overnight Winfrey has created the most expensive school in Sout...

28. A revitalised UN may improve development in Africa
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...t-savant is epitomised in an advert from the Kamitei Foundation,2 a development organisation specialising in education in rural Tanzania:  “We have riches but we’re too stupid to use ...

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

... the same governments who fail to distribute textbooks as well. It has been remarked in previous posts that education is of critical importance to development but it can, and does, take place effecti...

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

...aught.  It is not a technical skill.  It is something that is earned through fire and experience. Education is not an outcome, it is a process.  The most important skill learned throug...

31. School vouchers offer the poorest an opportunity to learn at better schools
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Universal provision of formative education is considered a basic right in our constitution.  The standard approach, followed by virtually every government in the world, is that they should build

32. "Madiba's children" failed by their government
(Analysis/Analysis)

A slow-motion tragedy has unfolded in our education system over the past 12 years.  In 1995 the newly elected democratic South African government swore to ensure that education would be at the ce

33. 4 What sectors is Whythawk focused on?
(FAQs/Rating FAQs)

...focusing on presently include:  Enterprise: small business development and support Health: HIV / AIDS Education: adult education, skills programs, learnerships and apprenticeships However, at p...

34. Vouchers and Individual Choice
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... them to pay their children’s annual fee at school directly. That way the same money is being spent on education but parents now get to choose the schools they feel best serve their interests. T...

35. Our Analysts
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...the production of individual development ratings. Gerald was born in Zimbabwe where he was involved in rural education.  He is currently studying for a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a speciali...

36. Terms of Use
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...ept those changes. Use of Materials on this Site Whythawk maintains this site for your personal information, education, and communication. Please feel free to browse our site. All materials on our sit...

37. Ratings Subscriptions
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... (enterprise development consultants and gateways) Health (HIV/AIDS orphanages and antiretroviral treatment) Education (schools and skills training programs) Service offerings: Annual subscription per...

38. Ratings Methodology
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...management. Thereafter a second questionnaire assesses the human resource capacity, focusing on the level of education, skills and relevant experience the organisation has at hand. Finally, a random s...

39. Our Analysts
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...the production of individual development ratings. Gerald was born in Zimbabwe where he was involved in rural education.  He is currently studying for a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a speciali...

40. Terms of Use
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...ept those changes. Use of Materials on this Site Whythawk maintains this site for your personal information, education, and communication. Please feel free to browse our site. All materials on our sit...

41. Ratings Subscriptions
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... (enterprise development consultants and gateways) Health (HIV/AIDS orphanages and antiretroviral treatment) Education (schools and skills training programs) Service offerings: Annual subscription per...

42. Ratings Methodology
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...management. Thereafter a second questionnaire assesses the human resource capacity, focusing on the level of education, skills and relevant experience the organisation has at hand. Finally, a random s...