whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

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

... success is dependent on what governments do – or, more importantly, do not do – to support business effectiveness. Businesses rely on educated, healthy employees; and need to be based in...

2. Start your business in Johannesburg but hire your advisor in Cape Town
(Analysis/Analysis)

... success. "Our results offer consultants, as well as development programs, the opportunity to improve their effectiveness in order to create more businesses and more jobs," says Jeuschenak. ...

3. Hedging and bundling; improving the efficiency of microlending
(Analysis/Analysis)

... indeed at fault." Highlighting, once again, the need for thorough external evaluation of aid organisation effectiveness to ensure that overlaps, and concomitant underlaps, are kept to the minim...

4. Demonstration Enterprise Development Consultant B
(Ratings Demonstration/Demonstration)

...received a copy of the audited financial statements and so issue a caution as regards their results. Operational Effectiveness Every client polled who had received a business plan also required fina...

5. Demonstration Enterprise Development Consultant A
(Ratings Demonstration/Demonstration)

... their external consultants have considerable experience in consulting and with Demonstration.  Operational Effectiveness Clients polled indicate a general level of satisfaction, and a signif...

6. Demonstration Health HIV / AIDS Orphanage B
(Ratings Demonstration/Demonstration)

...: BBB Financial Environment - Revenue distribution: CCC Financial Environment - Financial effectiveness / cost efficiency: CC Financial Environment - Financial accou...

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

...n Process: AAA Financial Environment - Revenue distribution: BBB Financial Environment - Financial effectiveness / cost efficiency: BB Financial Environment - Financial accountabi...

8. Demonstration Table of Ratings
(Ratings Demonstration/Demonstration)

...eviewed Outlook Management & Infrastructure Finance & Sustainability Operational Effectiveness Demonstration Health HIV / AIDS Orphanage A AA ...

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

...ed appropriately and reported transparently. Ratings organisations offer an opinion on the future management and effectiveness of the company.  Dedicated investors can rest assured that this leve...

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

The Whythawk team is going through an exciting period of growth; rolling out enterprise development ratings in Gauteng, and developing a new model for rating HIV/AIDS organisations, is pushing us hard

11. General Scorecard Overview and Summary
(FAQs/Rating FAQs)

...;Individual Scorecard Summary  Management & Infrastructure: Finance & Sustainability: Operational Effectiveness:   Score Summary AAA - A ranges from outstand...

12. The redistribution of poverty
(Analysis/Analysis)

...health:  smoking, lack of exercise, poor diet, lack of sleep.  Any of these contribute to reducing the effectiveness of your immune system.  You can spend a great deal of money on remed...

13. Western Cape economic development support agencies lack the capacity to halve unemployment
(Analysis/Analysis)

...mployment by 2014," says Jeuschenak. Overall the industry needs to focus more attention on improving their effectiveness to ensure that a greater number of businesses are started and that these ...

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

...ant solution or parity exists. By encouraging best practices in NGOs we not only stand to improve the reach and effectiveness of our collective interventions but also prepare these organizations for ...

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

...;:  The two key elements necessary to make aid work, and the absence of which has been fatal to aid’s effectiveness in the past, are FEEDBACK and ACCOUNTABILITY. The needs of the rich get m...

16. AIDS-related illnesses cost South African businesses up to R 2.2 billion per year
(Analysis/Analysis)

...sed upon their religious principles sometimes lacked the coordination and level of support needed to improve the effectiveness of their responses to the AIDS epidemic." The Mail & Guardian r...

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

...challenge please contact us. 1 Whythawk has not rated either organisation and so expresses no opinion on the effectiveness of these organisations ...

18. A revitalised UN may improve development in Africa
(Analysis/Analysis)

...e written by Gavin Chait of Whythawk Ratings 2 Whythawk has not rated Kamitei and so expresses no opinion on the effectiveness of this organisation ...

19. Guide to Donating
(Analysis/Donation Tips)

...pport a charity with an underpaid CEO that fails to deliver on its promises. Start A Dialogue To Investigate Its Effectiveness And Results Although it takes some effort on your part to assess a charit...

20. 1 Why are development ratings necessary?
(FAQs/Rating FAQs)

...erested parties. Attract investors and donors: third-party evaluations of financial performance and operational effectiveness gives commercial and public investors standardised information on which t...

21. Interpreting Emerging Market Risk Curves
(Static Content)

...introduces an asymmetry that will promote corruption. If corruption is tolerated then it will reduce the overall effectiveness of all institutions. A society can only function as well as the rights it...

22. Research Reports, eBooks and Ideas
(Static Content)

... and by region. This information is compiled into a sector report which can give an idea of trends, organisation effectiveness and concerns across that particular industry. We also track a Confidence ...

23. Unlock the Value in Emerging Markets
(Static Content)

...tings reports on role-players grouped by geographical region and development sector, as well as by their overall effectiveness expand your knowledge with aggregated reports that cover a deep and compr...

24. Get Rated
(Static Content)

...icate with the formal sector: Improve your investment and operational performance improve your efficiency and effectiveness by reducing the time you spend on non-core evaluations, measurement and r...

25. Section 51 Manual for Whythawk Development CC
(Static Content)

...growth through the creation and implementation of innovative strategies; as well as in measuring the results and effectiveness of development interventions. PARTICULARS IN TERMS OF THE SECTION 51 MAN...

26. Why Use Whythawk
(Static Content)

...Whythawk generates meaningful feedback by rating social development organisations in terms of accountability and effectiveness, and presenting the agencies' specific future funding requirements. A...

27. Interpreting Emerging Market Risk Curves
(Static Content)

...introduces an asymmetry that will promote corruption. If corruption is tolerated then it will reduce the overall effectiveness of all institutions. A society can only function as well as the rights it...

28. Research Reports, eBooks and Ideas
(Static Content)

... and by region. This information is compiled into a sector report which can give an idea of trends, organisation effectiveness and concerns across that particular industry. We also track a Confidence ...

29. Unlock the Value in Emerging Markets
(Static Content)

...tings reports on role-players grouped by geographical region and development sector, as well as by their overall effectiveness expand your knowledge with aggregated reports that cover a deep and compr...

30. Get Rated
(Static Content)

...icate with the formal sector: Improve your investment and operational performance improve your efficiency and effectiveness by reducing the time you spend on non-core evaluations, measurement and r...

31. Section 51 Manual for Whythawk Development CC
(Static Content)

...growth through the creation and implementation of innovative strategies; as well as in measuring the results and effectiveness of development interventions. PARTICULARS IN TERMS OF THE SECTION 51 MAN...

32. Why Use Whythawk
(Static Content)

...Whythawk generates meaningful feedback by rating social development organisations in terms of accountability and effectiveness, and presenting the agencies' specific future funding requirements. A...