whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. Do you hate the poor enough to be charitable?
(Analysis/Analysis)

You're going to despise me, so let's get that over and done with. It is winter in Cape Town. Temperatures plunge to the low single Celsius digits. Worse than that though is the hurtling, se

2. Racial arguments muddy human rights and the ending of poverty
(Analysis/Analysis)

...tions of race and identity deliberately ruins opportunities and excludes those who would help. There is no nobility in poverty.  Poverty is grubby, brutal and tragic.  It destroys hope and ...

3. The quiet nobility of the men by the side of the road
(Analysis/Analysis)

In 1993 I was travelling in the Caprivi Strip in northern Namibia.  The long civil war in Angola was drawing to a close and the northern border of Namibia was safe to travel in once more.  T