whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

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...ooks”. These are the same governments who fail to distribute textbooks as well. Having the success of the enterprise revolve around the often corrupt and failed governments is a real Achilles heal...

2. Everything gets tested but political ideas, they become policy
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...ns Amendment Bill, the Superior Courts Bill and various recent utterances by ministers of housing, and public enterprises (amongst others). A recap: BBBEE creates a complex and astonishingly expensiv...

3. No way out; ducking the Eskom bullet
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... major new capacity, they have to cover it themselves in advance. Not so with Eskom or any other state-owned enterprise. The shareholder here is the taxpayer. Government must pay money derived from...

4. Overcoming the Conservation of Energy
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Walking through London a week ago, I was conscious of how much of the city is built on foundations that are hundreds of years old. The London Underground – the world's first inner-city mas

5. The spectre of loyalty over ability
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...ot;. The other, just as clear symbol of the state's lack of confidence in independent thought is Public Enterprise Minister Alec Erwin's belief that the private sector is incapable of delive...

6. Start your business in Johannesburg but hire your advisor in Cape Town
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Small business development is a crucial part of government's strategy to reduce unemployment and increase black economic empowerment. Whythawk has recently completed rating individual small busine

7. Demonstration Enterprise Development Consultant B
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Rating Report for Demonstration Enterprise Development Consultant B  Summary Rating: CCC Outlook:  stable Previous rating: CCC Date assigned: 27 February 200

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

Rating Report for Demonstration Enterprise Development Consultant A  Summary Rating: A Outlook:  caution Previous rating: not rated Date assigned: 10 December 20

9. Demonstration Table of Ratings
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...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 seperately. Or...

10. Rating to create a market; questions and answers
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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. "On your left is an Orc fighting a Troll" - travels in hyper-reality offer lessons for the poor
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Synthravels offers travellers unique experiences by guiding them to destinations that many would never ordinarily visit.  As a business they don’t sound particularly remarkable.  What

12. Western Cape economic development support agencies lack the capacity to halve unemployment
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...Ratings (white-hawk), the South African NGO rating firm, has just released their review of the performance of enterprise and small business development consultants in the Western Cape, South Africa. ...

13. Enterprise Development and Employment: Experiences in South Africa and South Eastern Europe
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... to the unemployment problem, the authorities in South Africa are now looking to the Small, Micro- and Medium Enterprises (SMME) sector to deliver. Perhaps this is the way to go, because it has been i...

14. Bringing Capital to Small Enterprise
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...ds the long-term administration, the intention is for SPV2 to take part of the fees received from SPV1 to pay enterprise development consultants for mentoring the SMMEs – such consultants having...

15. How do we prepare nonprofit organisations for the long term?
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...and awareness and client feedback encourages a level of service delivery that creates its own demand. How so? Enterprise development consultants with proven track records and successful clients will, ...

16. NOW UP: Western Cape Enterprise Development Ratings
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...announce that we have completed the bulk of the Western Cape, with ratings for all the largest players in the enterprise development sector. If you wish to secure a trial, please contact us and we wil...

17. Enterprise - Ratings and Scorecard overview
(FAQs/Rating FAQs)

...pplication of internal procedures and policies as an indicator of good practice and consistency.  In the enterprise development sector these criteria focus on the rated entity’s commitment ...

18. Ithala and The Corruption Of Development
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ion in state-funded loans to buy a farm outside Pietermaritzburg, May also applied for Ithala loans for other enterprises, including one that was set up specifically to service municipalities and the ...

19. 4 What sectors is Whythawk focused on?
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The sectors we're focusing on presently include:  Enterprise: small business development and support Health: HIV / AIDS Education: adult education, skills programs, learnerships and apprent

20. Research Reports, eBooks and Ideas
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...llows organisations to declare their faith in the support they receive from funders and legislators. Enterprise Development: Western Cape - 2006/7 Aggregated findings and results ...

21. Ratings Subscriptions
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...tern Cape (South Africa), expanding to other regions during 2007.  The current sectors under review are: Enterprise Development (enterprise development consultants and gateways) Health (HIV/AIDS ...

22. Research Reports, eBooks and Ideas
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...llows organisations to declare their faith in the support they receive from funders and legislators. Enterprise Development: Western Cape - 2006/7 Aggregated findings and results ...

23. Ratings Subscriptions
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...tern Cape (South Africa), expanding to other regions during 2007.  The current sectors under review are: Enterprise Development (enterprise development consultants and gateways) Health (HIV/AIDS ...