whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. Unlearning helplessness: how donors reinforce poverty and dependency
(Analysis/Analysis)

... don't believe you can do it either." And so the poor give up on themselves and develop a culture of entitlement. "How do you expect me to help myself, I'm poor." It's a...

2. The 'War Against Corruption' starts with ending the 'Culture of Entitlement'
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ards government officials who help themselves to the public purse. Corruption, though, is a close relative of entitlement.  Any society that feels that some historical slight gives the current p...