whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. Black Diamonds and the trouble with statistics
(Analysis/Analysis)

...massive growth they report. Most of the research is astonishingly mundane.  Who knew that teenaged girls like shoes?  Or that wealthy middle-aged men fancy buying a big-screen TV?  Bu...

2. Two Frontiers: wars of liberation and of determination
(Analysis/Analysis)

... pikes. At least one man was skinned alive before his flesh was picked off and eaten. Thousands of young girls and women were repeatedly raped, thousands more people burned alive in their thatched-roo...

3. Does Africa need the most expensive school in the world?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...rt from the Pretoria News offers a chilling perspective:  The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls will cost just over $ 800 000 a month to maintain - but it will never "in the next ...

4. Millennium Development Goals and the Measurement of Change
(Analysis/Analysis)

...e who earn less than $ 1 a day Goal 2: achieve universal primary education for children everywhere, both girls and boys Goal 3: promote gender equality and empower women by eliminating educational dis...

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

Oprah Winfrey has just opened a school for girls in South Africa. The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy is based in Meyerton, Gauteng and offers 150 “academically talented girls an opportunity t