whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. Zimbabwe: The beginning, and ending, of the beginning
(Analysis/Analysis)

...t no one is preparing for a quick return to their country. South Africa houses millions of legal and illegal immigrants, with Zimbabwe believed to contribute the highest number of immigrants in that g...

2. Xenophobia and the end of the African Renaissance
(Analysis/Analysis)

"We don't torture their soldiers when we capture them, not only because it is morally wrong, but so that they won't torture our soldiers if they are captured," argued one retired US

3. Scrogues Converse: Open-space, Identity and the Missing Web
(Analysis/Analysis)

...walls are high, then people often behave in ways that go against your objectives. They fight you. So illegal immigrants in the US have such a hard time getting in that they choose not to go home at al...

4. No matter how hard you try bad environments lead to bad results
(Analysis/Analysis)

...cult it is to do this usually only the most ((talent))ed and ambitious would do so.  Countries built by immigrants (such as Australia or the US) tend to be more dynamic and sophisticated than tho...