whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. Funding departments instead of people cheats everyone
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ads to reduced economic growth, limited production capacity, and product shortages. This mismatch between outcomes and promises is inflationary. The less the state delivers, the more we rely on the...

2. Killing the Golden Goose, a lesson in Economic Freedom
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ng where special interest groups campaign to have their own needs prioritised. This can lead to unexpected outcomes and inefficient economies. In South Africa the minister of telecommunications get...

3. One Laptop Per Child, now costing 75% more ...
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ll counterproductive.  All of this tells African governments that they need not be responsible for the outcomes of their failed economic and political experiments; the rest of the world will feel...

4. "Madiba's children" failed by their government
(Analysis/Analysis)

...o higher-education:  16.2% It should be a cause for shock and despair regarding the much vaunted "outcomes-based education" system introduced by the state in 1995.  The system was ...

5. Ithala and The Corruption Of Development
(Analysis/Analysis)

...h investors around who will come forward.  Without this, money itself will simply result in indefinite outcomes and a squandering of resources. ...