whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. Zimbabwe: the Hollow State
(Analysis/Analysis)

...It is essential to know what is already happening - how individuals are solving their immediate needs - before negotiations over the future take place. Investment is essential if Zimbabwe is not to ...

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

Echoing the cry of every volunteer who has ever run away to some disabled and corrupt country, Dr Nicholas Garrigan rages at a British diplomat, “You guys come here and don’t recognise tha