whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. The Speculator: Pricing in the Future
(Analysis/Analysis)

...nt is where manufacturing should have been. This can hardly be described as having a "mature" market. Entrepreneurs and business investors make up a very small proportion of South Africa...

2. The Miracle of Investment
(Analysis/Analysis)

...was a run-down area with little hope of improvement. Not much has changed. Except for the hope. Investors and entrepreneurs are unusual people. They can look at a derelict area and see opportunity...

3. Zimbabwe: the Hollow State
(Analysis/Analysis)

...#39;s and was in trouble before. Restarting it will require massive new investment and retraining. There are few entrepreneurs willing to take that on in Africa. Without exceptionally careful and ex...

4. Everything is coming up Capitalism
(Analysis/Analysis)

...esult in chaos. This is something that gives the Chinese politburo the quivers. They have decided on state-led entrepreneurship. Wealth and power are being decentralised but in tiny parcels. They ...

5. The war of informal markets against central states; a bellwether of support
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ating legally were below those of surviving in the extralegal sector ... and then watch hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs happily quit the underground.” The same is true of every single co...

6. Suburbanise! How aid and trade obliterate unique cultures
(Analysis/Analysis)

.... Where there is nothing valuable, or where the country is just too impossibly unstable, only the most scary of entrepreneurs go. While they may make a lot of money, they may also wind up dead. Thi...

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

...s development consultants in the Western Cape and Gauteng as well as their overall impact on supporting emerging entrepreneurs. Gauteng beneficiaries' businesses are three times larger, employ 30%...

8. The US$ 5 trillion market at the bottom of the pyramid
(Analysis/Analysis)

...alad, speaking in Johannesburg at a conference organised by Global Leaders, declares that, “the essence of entrepreneurship is that aspirations overcome resource limitations.”  And as...

9. Mama Jackie - the "Angel of Soweto" - assaults a journalist
(Analysis/Analysis)

In December, when introducing our conference on Responsibility, Reputation and Risk, we mentioned Jacqueline Maarohanye - the principal of Ithuteng Trust in Soweto – as an example of the embarr

10. "On your left is an Orc fighting a Troll" - travels in hyper-reality offer lessons for the poor
(Analysis/Analysis)

...lds of Second Life and World of Warcraft.  This travel company proves that the number of ideas available to entrepreneurs is infinite.  We will never run out of things to do or new things to...

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

...for South East Europe have been at the forefront of Enterprise Development in the region. From the Conference on Entrepreneurship and Employment in Bucharest, Romania to the Workshop on Training for E...

12. Bringing Capital to Small Enterprise
(Analysis/Ideas and Challenges)

...m, administered by a special purpose vehicle (SPV), that has as its purpose the granting of loans to prospective entrepreneurs. The fund would have as its contributors a commercial bank (R60m), privat...

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

...ctories dedicated to supplying Walmart. He cites the following:  “Ashoka, the highly regarded social entrepreneurship organisation certified as among the "Best in America" charit...

14. The poor have never had it so good ... now what?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...f you didn’t mind poverty, shortages, and corruption. All of these new charitable foundations, started by entrepreneurs, rely on third-party development organisations started by socialists.&nbs...

15. School vouchers offer the poorest an opportunity to learn at better schools
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ucated as long as they receive a high standard of care.  Even more importantly, it will attract educational entrepreneurs to open new schools or expand existing ones. And for any politician who ...

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

...me epic development as in California.  Not without a similar level of enthusiasm and risk-taking from local entrepreneurs.Despite this lack of enthusiasm a large number of government-financed len...

17. The Feedback Loop
(Analysis/Analysis)

...rsquo;t tell the body to produce an appropriate level of insulin. Capitalism works in a similar organic fashion. Entrepreneurs identify a need (for microwave ovens, iPod music players, or television s...

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

...shaping that spiritual and physical journey. The Entrepreneurial Continuum - Gavin Chait Entrepreneurs are as many and as variable as athletes or musicians. You may be the wor...