whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

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(Comments)

...st of biofuels,\" he said in awe. None of that land is being farmed since all three countries suffer from neglect and brutality. In Mozambique and Angola most of that land is still covered in landmi...

2. Overcoming the Conservation of Energy
(Analysis/Analysis)

...test that even the best cars eventually become rusted heaps if they aren't maintained correctly. Such neglect is visible throughout the South African economy; most obviously in public schools, pu...

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

...reatest gripe with the instinctive anti-business / anti-commercial edge of Web 2.0 is that they completely neglect that real market growth comes from open-standards not open-source technology. Open-s...

4. South Africa's two tiers
(Analysis/Analysis)

... staff R 200 per month. Despite the ululating of the UCT Unilever School of Marketing that companies that neglect the Black Diamonds will see their products displaced by those who don't, the info...

5. Suburbanise! How aid and trade obliterate unique cultures
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ng in China and India. Both nations are so astonishingly large that, despite generations of suffering and neglect, they have both started to unleash their inner economies. You may not like the shape...

6. Nigeria, or the idiots guide to stealing an election
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ed," says Kukah. Yet one of the most popular candidates, Vice-president Atiku Abubakar, was entirely neglected. Now he and Buhari are seeking to contest the election through the various elector...

7. Melamine, China, and the peril for emerging markets
(Analysis/Analysis)

...eed of charity and aid (so that they can drive around in fancy off-road vehicles while lording it over the neglected victims around them) than to trade with them. Not that poor nations have anything t...

8. While no-one was watching
(Analysis/Analysis)

... (the term “orphanage” is anathema).  We received a report about an organisation that was neglecting the children in their care. Moral hazard abounds.  The Department of Social ...

9. The Last King, the Centralised State, and Democracy
(Analysis/Analysis)

...Theroux revisits Malawi where he had been a Peace Corp volunteer.  He expresses rage and anger at the neglect and destruction of all that he worked for.  The seeds for that outcome were pres...

10. "On your left is an Orc fighting a Troll" - travels in hyper-reality offer lessons for the poor
(Analysis/Analysis)

...oose it for themselves. Populist governments in poor countries have so degraded their economies - through neglect, incompetence, or outright corruption - that homegrown entrepreneurs and innovators h...

11. Coffee, the miracle of poverty, and other wonders
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ver known, when more wealth has been created than ever – remain poor? China too, despite super-star neglect, has over the past 20 years reduced the number of people suffering from absolute pove...

12. So how exactly do you invest in the Fortune At The Bottom Of The Pyramid?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ter,” to “What does that market want?” when you confront the usual images of poverty and neglect. In “Make Poverty Business” we are told that poor people can make excell...

13. BBC: Disaster funds 'unfairly divided'
(Analysis/Analysis)

...cases such as the Indian Ocean tsunami and Hurricane Katrina attracted donors, countless other crises were neglected, it says.  It calls on governments, aid agencies and the media to redress the ...