whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1.
(Comments)

...nd was $15,000 a year when I could (just for me). Though I live better than 99% of the world a single health emergency would put me at the other end of the spectrum, and very shortly dead. If you c...

2. Overcoming the Conservation of Energy
(Analysis/Analysis)

... nursing colleges where 40% of graduates go to their competitors. They spend money on Netcare 911 – an emergency service that assisted over 15,000 people in 2007 at a cost of R 20 million. Thei...

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

... not sure they last that long.  Freeplay has subsequently marketed the radio as a novelty gift item and emergency radio in case of power failures … in rich countries. Now we have the $ 10...

4. BBC: Disaster funds 'unfairly divided'
(Analysis/Analysis)

... out on vital aid despite record-breaking donations from governments and the public, a report says. In 2005, emergency aid reached at least $17bn (£8.6bn) - outstripping any other year, the Worl...