whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

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(Comments)

...cts)\" valid point, but it is unreasonable to use that as an argument not to do the things one can. Too my knowledge Mr. Negraponte is not in a position to do those things and solve those problems i...

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

...ghly-skilled South Africans are landless. They rent their apartments and earn their living by trading their knowledge and skills. Land, like any tool, can be used to create wealth. Like any tool yo...

3. Atlas Shrugged at 50
(Analysis/Analysis)

... of victims and thus has destroyed your world, and if you wish to know why you are perishing - you who dread knowledge - I am the man who will now tell you." Published 50 years ago in 1957, Atlas...

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

...avel has dramatically changed the world and allowed cultural mixing and tourism which improves international knowledge and relations as well as creating jobs for hundreds of millions of people. The en...

5. "Be sure, we will be watching you," the other GB and the pursuit of social justice
(Analysis/Analysis)

... Apartheid debt and 30 000 people were in detention without trial." "Rivonia was crucial," acknowledged Davis. "One can imagine what would have happened if Mandela had been sente...

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

... people have the tools for this expression in their own hands. That world, of an asymmetric concentration of knowledge and the tools to express that knowledge, will not come again. The cries of agony...

7. The Jimmy Wales interview: Wikipedia and Lessons in Globalisation
(Analysis/Analysis)

..., in the words of its founder, Jimmy Wales, "Is designed to provide free access to the sum of all human knowledge." The more impressive part of this ambitious venture is the creator of all t...

8. Demonstration Enterprise Development Consultant B
(Ratings Demonstration/Demonstration)

...m money for a particular project, even if it is off-target, they accept.  Their strength is their close knowledge of their community, their weakness is their inability to focus on that strength. ...

9. We're from Mars and we want to help: four lessons in development
(Analysis/Analysis)

...t.  Patronising because they are maintaining a relationship of superiority over us by not sharing their knowledge about how to develop to their level; and protectionist because, by their actions,...

10. The Martians Really Care: four points to govern development
(Analysis/Ideas and Challenges)

...know; they must then come back and are obliged to work with us to develop our syllabi to incorporate the new knowledge; our laboratories and universities must have access to this knowledge to study an...

11. The Tyranny of Red Lights
(Analysis/Analysis)

...e laws rather than the needs of society.  Laws were written by people with all the limitations of their knowledge and understanding at the time.   All laws are inherently flawed.  A re...

12. Albert Einstein
(Analysis/Quotes)

It's no accident that capitalism has brought with it progress, not merely in production but also in knowledge. Egoism and competition are, alas, stronger forces than public spirit and sense of dut

13. Unlock the Value in Emerging Markets
(Static Content)

...grouped by geographical region and development sector, as well as by their overall effectiveness expand your knowledge with aggregated reports that cover a deep and comprehensive review of problems an...

14. Get Rated
(Static Content)

...ther organisations compare your performance with your peers and evaluate your standing in your sector gain knowledge of best-practice and apply it to your operations Increase your financial and ope...

15. Why Use Whythawk
(Static Content)

...id, without access to the basic services and products that the rich take for granted.  They are poor in knowledge and in opportunity, but their aspirations and combined purchasing power are vast....

16. Ratings Methodology
(Static Content)

... usually less intensive than the initial rating review, since Whythawk has established a relationship and is knowledgeable of the organisation’s historical performance, service area, and governa...

17. Unlock the Value in Emerging Markets
(Static Content)

...grouped by geographical region and development sector, as well as by their overall effectiveness expand your knowledge with aggregated reports that cover a deep and comprehensive review of problems an...

18. Get Rated
(Static Content)

...ther organisations compare your performance with your peers and evaluate your standing in your sector gain knowledge of best-practice and apply it to your operations Increase your financial and ope...

19. Why Use Whythawk
(Static Content)

...id, without access to the basic services and products that the rich take for granted.  They are poor in knowledge and in opportunity, but their aspirations and combined purchasing power are vast....

20. Ratings Methodology
(Static Content)

... usually less intensive than the initial rating review, since Whythawk has established a relationship and is knowledgeable of the organisation’s historical performance, service area, and governa...