whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

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...nto alternative energy research has gone from US$35 bn to US$72 bn and that is out of new business scenting an opportunity (and venture capitalists piling in) and old businesses fearing carbon caps as...

2. Higher food prices mean downgrading that Turkey to a Chicken
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...that are bad for job creation. Subsidies and protectionist legislation run the risk of deflating a tremendous opportunity for the poor as rising prices stimulate renewed agricultural investment and, ...

3. 100 Days of Sodom
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...sn't much of a step up for the beneficiaries since the nature of the work won't present them with much opportunity to build a curriculum vitae. The problem with a right to work is the same as...

4. Slaves to land, the policies of Land Affairs
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...d want no such thing? What happens if what they really want is the rather more general (and more vague) "opportunity to earn a living"? Then, at the first opportunity to do so, they will s...

5. The Miracle of Investment
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...xcept for the hope. Investors and entrepreneurs are unusual people. They can look at a derelict area and see opportunity and profit. It was a magnificent spark of that adventurism that converted th...

6. Africa, China and Investment
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...er inflation at the factory gates. The companies already invested tend to grin and bear it; at least until an opportunity presents to sell up. Those considering their choices stay away and invest el...

7. China, Toys And The Tragedy of Xenophobia
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...d service businesses. If the developed world gets into the bad habit of seeing this as a threat instead of an opportunity for both to profit then pity Africa. China and India will get rich. Trade r...

8. The spectre of loyalty over ability
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...eader knows how to delegate and listen to views that may be entirely at odds with her own. Talent follows the opportunity to express itself. Where talent cannot be expressed then the most able indiv...

9. Ending poverty means abandoning charity and accepting reality
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...plicant that doesn't reinforce the need for that charity or support. The more charity available, the less opportunity there is for the recipient to become self-sufficient. A government that has ...

10. Start your business in Johannesburg but hire your advisor in Cape Town
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...them the greatest chance of success. "Our results offer consultants, as well as development programs, the opportunity to improve their effectiveness in order to create more businesses and more jo...

11. Two Frontiers: wars of liberation and of determination
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...die. Thank you." He never asked for anything. He just told his story. All across the congress, at any opportunity, the stories of journalists and editors, imprisoned, tortured or exiled, were...

12. Do you hate the poor enough to be charitable?
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... The poor are always with us Now, before you judge me, let me ask you this: do you believe in charity, or in opportunity? Do you believe in helping people to remain where they are, or to help thems...

13. Jobs are from Mars, Business is from Venus
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...uding human capacity building. Harnessing the energies and potentials of young people represents an invaluable opportunity to nurture agents of socio-economic development." Let us summarise: they...

14. What market is worth R 100 billion a year and is growing at 10.9%?
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Strategies for Businesses reaching out to Informal Markets In 1997, as part of the conditions they agreed upon for getting their cellular licence, Vodacom developed a sophisticated telephone call-cent

15. Development organisations need to engage with ratings agencies
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...ng and innovative new ideas, to support fledgling – but successful – new projects that have a real opportunity to end dependency.  Organisations that are dependent themselves have ver...

16. Racial arguments muddy human rights and the ending of poverty
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...help. There is no nobility in poverty.  Poverty is grubby, brutal and tragic.  It destroys hope and opportunity.  It degrades the self and leads to violence and crime.  This is no...

17. Zimbabwe at the Security Council; South Africa's unequivocal support
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...e have now all but lost much of the moral high ground we once had under President Mandela.  Our window of opportunity is fast closing, as Britain will next month assume the chairpersonship. If th...

18. The Last King, the Centralised State, and Democracy
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...e.” They are perfectly correct, it isn’t the same.  But, by denying the local population the opportunity to be treated equally and fairly before a common and clear set of laws, they ...

19. Lies, damned lies, and curriculum vitae; or why ratings may be the future of education
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... It is possible to learn virtually anything via correspondence or over the Internet.  This is a wonderful opportunity for countries with limited infrastructure and support of their own. However,...

20. Joost minds the baby: what happens to state control when technology passes them by?
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...truly interactive.”  The revenue sharing model is attractive to media producers, and gives them the opportunity to reach an international audience directly. Many South Africans are already...

21. "On your left is an Orc fighting a Troll" - travels in hyper-reality offer lessons for the poor
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...chase anywhere in the world is filter coffee, then any place that doesn’t sell filter coffee only has an opportunity to start that business.  Now, say someone invents espresso coffee. ...

22. "Heads or Tails" ... resolution to a difficult choice
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... spending fair? And, more importantly, what is fair? Central to the tenets of equality and democracy is equal opportunity; a promised open-invitation only; a belief importantly distinct from socialis...

23. May I have the bill, please? A lesson in wilful ignorance ...
(Analysis/Analysis)

...lients have no loyalty for their service providers.  It is also that organisations are losing a wonderful opportunity for innovation and product development. Clients do know what they like and d...

24. The ANC government of South Africa declares its comfort with violence and brutality
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...South Africa, and the ANC government, won the right to sit at the UN Security Council.  Now they have the opportunity to pitch their own vision to the world. In 1990 Aung San Suu Kyi won election...

25. What do toilet paper and state monopolies have in common?
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...polies can talk like that.  Private companies discuss the unprecedented demand for their products and the opportunity for growth. Apple's iPod sales increased by 50% compared with the same ...

26. Government rewards the worst schools for poor performance
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A particular focus of development is always on the value of ((education)).  Without a solid foundation it is impossible for people to look after themselves and they may remain reliant on whatever

27. How much does a free education cost?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...Winfrey Leadership Academy is based in Meyerton, Gauteng and offers 150 “academically talented girls an opportunity to develop their full intellectual, social, and leadership potential.” ...

28. School vouchers offer the poorest an opportunity to learn at better schools
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... new schools or expand existing ones. And for any politician who would deny young, disadvantaged learners the opportunity to choose a school best suited for their needs, I pose a simple question.&nbs...

29. Guide To Volunteering
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...aybe you feel most comfortable donating your time to a charity that is fiscally efficient. Or maybe you see an opportunity to help a charity whose revenue hasn't grown as quickly as the need for i...

30. 7 What are all the uses of ratings?
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... organisations with additional capacity can decide on where to locate it. The organisations themselves have an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities against an objective yardstick. They can also ...

31. Interpreting Emerging Market Risk Curves
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...ies the following criteria, used throughout the Whythawk Emerging Market Risk Curves: Poorest 20%: Market Opportunity: potential for social and economic mobility, as well as the prospects for eng...

32. Unlock the Value in Emerging Markets
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...etitive advantages. Whythawk Ratings offers companies, government programs and donor foundations the unique opportunity to dramatically improve the way in which they see themselves and their strate...

33. Get Rated
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...ations languish in obscurity. Whythawk Ratings offers informal market organisations and companies the unique opportunity to dramatically change and improve the way in which they communicate with the...

34. Our Analysts
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...erse as tourism development and support; and the 1000 x 1000 Project in which 1 000 individuals were given the opportunity to start a business for R 1 000 each.  Gavin assisted with the initial p...

35. Why Use Whythawk
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...ess 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. Whythawk&rsquo...

36. Ratings Methodology
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...strategic goals.  Whythawk views management practices as an important factor in a rating and believes the opportunity to spend time with management is essential. Discussion with management is in...

37. Interpreting Emerging Market Risk Curves
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...ies the following criteria, used throughout the Whythawk Emerging Market Risk Curves: Poorest 20%: Market Opportunity: potential for social and economic mobility, as well as the prospects for eng...

38. Unlock the Value in Emerging Markets
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...etitive advantages. Whythawk Ratings offers companies, government programs and donor foundations the unique opportunity to dramatically improve the way in which they see themselves and their strate...

39. Get Rated
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...ations languish in obscurity. Whythawk Ratings offers informal market organisations and companies the unique opportunity to dramatically change and improve the way in which they communicate with the...

40. Our Analysts
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...erse as tourism development and support; and the 1000 x 1000 Project in which 1 000 individuals were given the opportunity to start a business for R 1 000 each.  Gavin assisted with the initial p...

41. Why Use Whythawk
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...ess 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. Whythawk&rsquo...

42. Ratings Methodology
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...strategic goals.  Whythawk views management practices as an important factor in a rating and believes the opportunity to spend time with management is essential. Discussion with management is in...