whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. Slaves to land, the policies of Land Affairs
(Analysis/Analysis)

...e residents act to improve that land in some form, either by farming it or building a home on it. Neither the improvement or the land are theirs to trade. Hernando de Soto, the Peruvian economist, d...

2. The Miracle of Investment
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ith the sun rising before him. A few years ago this part of Woodstock was a run-down area with little hope of improvement. Not much has changed. Except for the hope. Investors and entrepreneurs ar...

3. Africa, China and Investment
(Analysis/Analysis)

... goods. Worse for the economy is that companies which would have spent their cash reserves on maintenance and improvement of their capacity (creating new jobs along the way) don't. This leads to...

4. The tragedy of innovation: how brilliant ideas are criminalised
(Analysis/Analysis)

"This push for a so-called "green revolution" or "gene revolution" is being done once again under the guise of solving hunger in Africa. Chemical-intensive agriculture is, how

5. Demonstration Health HIV / AIDS Orphanage B
(Ratings Demonstration/Demonstration)

...r community and few relatives visit the children anymore. Staff are demoralised and there is limited scope for improvement. Many of the most experienced staff have been recruited by the Gauteng Health...

6. General Scorecard Overview and Summary
(FAQs/Rating FAQs)

...ess:   Score Summary AAA - A ranges from outstanding to very good; little room for improvement and a significant predominance of good and notable characteristics BBB - B ra...

7. May I have the bill, please? A lesson in wilful ignorance ...
(Analysis/Analysis)

... then it is unpleasant for both sides.  If clients are considered a component of business development and improvement then they become part of the overall strategy. People change their preferenc...

8. Enterprise - Ratings and Scorecard overview
(FAQs/Rating FAQs)

...Investment and Survival Rates: Score Summary AAA - A ranges from outstanding to very good; little room for improvement and a significant predominance of good and notable characteristics BBB - B ra...

9. 3 How does the Whythawk approach differ from other organisations?
(FAQs/Rating FAQs)

...em against a standard and objective set of measurements. In this way ratings are against a definite measure of improvement. Our focus is less on the internal workings of the organisation than of their...

10. Vouchers and Individual Choice
(Analysis/Analysis)

...list is approved. Top schools still get round this by publishing their own tallies. Vouchers are a significant improvement on ensuring competition between development service providers. However, it wi...

11. 1 Why are development ratings necessary?
(FAQs/Rating FAQs)

...operations, processes, reporting, and financial management. This allows managers to focus on critical areas of improvement and to motivate employees and boards to address these needs. Benchmark perfo...

12. Interpreting Emerging Market Risk Curves
(Static Content)

...ity. Even nominally democratic societies and open are not immune where such limited opportunities for personal improvement exist. Scenario 3: Migration leading to skills shortage and capital flight ...

13. Get Rated
(Static Content)

...operations, processes, reporting, and financial management. allow your managers to focus on critical areas of improvement and motivate your employees to address these needs Benchmark your performanc...

14. Privacy Policy
(Static Content)

...k's advertisement delivery system collects visitor information for purposes of product monitoring, product improvement, and targeted advertising. Whythawk also counts, tracks, and aggregates the v...

15. Interpreting Emerging Market Risk Curves
(Static Content)

...ity. Even nominally democratic societies and open are not immune where such limited opportunities for personal improvement exist. Scenario 3: Migration leading to skills shortage and capital flight ...

16. Get Rated
(Static Content)

...operations, processes, reporting, and financial management. allow your managers to focus on critical areas of improvement and motivate your employees to address these needs Benchmark your performanc...

17. Privacy Policy
(Static Content)

...k's advertisement delivery system collects visitor information for purposes of product monitoring, product improvement, and targeted advertising. Whythawk also counts, tracks, and aggregates the v...