whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. Climate Change: measurement, responsibility and risk
(Analysis/Analysis)

The debate about Climate Change is increasingly acrimonious and defensive.  At core is conflict over whether or not anthropomorphic (human) carbon emissions are responsible for global warming. T

2. Rating to create a market; questions and answers
(Analysis/Analysis)

...results; some outstanding and innovative, some depressing and destructive, and everything in-between. Outside measurement allows a harmonisation and collected endeavour.  Sprinters are timed ove...

3. Enterprise Development and Employment: Experiences in South Africa and South Eastern Europe
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ding to the official statistical body in South Africa, Statistics South Africa.  Other unofficial broader measurements place the unemployment rate closer to 40%. It appears that the formal econom...

4. Africa falling ever further behind, says UN
(Analysis/Analysis)

The UN's World Economic Situation and Prospects 2007 report has forecast overall economic growth in Africa at 5.6% in 2007 and declares that this represents a "major turnaround from previous

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

((George W Bush)) has been mighty surprised by the tenacity and persistence of the instability and violence in ((Iraq)).  Since 1958 Iraqis have been ruled by a series of tyrants culminating in t

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

... a private body than for an inter-governmental agency.” And so it is significantly easier for a private measurement organisation, like Whythawk, to offer an opinion on how well development orga...

7. 3 How does the Whythawk approach differ from other organisations?
(FAQs/Rating FAQs)

... every organisation within that region and sector and investigate them against a standard and objective set of measurements. In this way ratings are against a definite measure of improvement. Our focu...

8. The Feedback Loop
(Analysis/Analysis)

All biological systems require a mixture of measurement and feedback. When feedback breaks down the result is disease. Diabetes is the result of the body’s inability to control the appropriate l

9. Vouchers and Individual Choice
(Analysis/Analysis)

...does, however, imply that parents must pay attention to the quality of different schools and that an objective measurement of different schools is possible. Some means of evaluating and rating schools...

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

...vestments, products and relationships effectively manage your investment projects with dedicated third-party measurement to ensure transparency and results compare your investment returns relative t...

11. Get Rated
(Static Content)

...erformance improve your efficiency and effectiveness by reducing the time you spend on non-core evaluations, measurement and reporting receive the in-depth analysis you need to improve your performa...

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

...vestments, products and relationships effectively manage your investment projects with dedicated third-party measurement to ensure transparency and results compare your investment returns relative t...

13. Get Rated
(Static Content)

...erformance improve your efficiency and effectiveness by reducing the time you spend on non-core evaluations, measurement and reporting receive the in-depth analysis you need to improve your performa...