whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. People, Planet and Profits: the complexities of corporate governance
(Analysis/Analysis)

...the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) conference. 300 regulators, fund managers, private equity groups and lobbyists got together to discuss the difficulties of managing a modern comp...

2. The Trouble with Paradise, or why Pakistan Sucks
(Analysis/Analysis)

...n the process of cutting his country off from the rest of the world. His regular pronouncements on the inequity of the west project from every channel and newspaper. As long as the oil flows he can ...

3. Islam, Shari'ah Law, and Cultural Capitalism
(Analysis/Analysis)

... is the head of equities at Futuregrowth, a South African-based asset management firm.  The Albaraka Equity Fund, of which he is the portfolio manager, was started in June 1992 and is South Afric...

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

...t each other running benchmark software to see which delivers best results; consultants compare return-on-equity measures to see who delivers better profits.  The purpose is not to compare approa...

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

... The government, net contributor (or investor deriving returns from a growing SMME sector) would own the equity tranche; so called because this CLN would carry the initial default risk – up to ...