whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. Sarkozy's French Election: when elephants fight only the grass gets trampled
(Analysis/Analysis)

... costly dependence on grants from the Common Agricultural Policy.  The CAP is a dramatic example of the hypocrisy of rich-nation intentions towards the poor.  France would rather make donati...

2. Zimbabwe at the Security Council; South Africa's unequivocal support
(Analysis/Analysis)

"Our tenure at the head of the [United Nations' Security Council] is characterised by an indifference to human rights and temporising with tyranny. We have now all but lost much of the moral

3. The ANC government of South Africa declares its comfort with violence and brutality
(Analysis/Analysis)

...he United Nations and reduced their authority. Maybe people, and nations, should be asking whether their own hypocrisy has earned them the right to be heard by the world's most powerful democracy....