whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. The tragedy of innovation: how brilliant ideas are criminalised
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ganisations at the World Social Forum in Nairobi, 2007 Reading Farming Solutions, a joint initiative of Oxfam and Greenpeace, we discover who is behind this savage and deliberate policy of poisoning ...

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

Coffee has become a symbolic flashpoint for consumer and civil-society action.  Oxfam believes the price is too low and demands that consumers pay more through their Fair Trade scheme.  All

3. Should charitable organisations be allowed to compete with businesses?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...m donors by selling items.  Some organisations have become major brands in their own right (such as Oxfam or Greenpeace).  Should these organisations continue to be treated as non-profits, a...

4. The poor have never had it so good ... now what?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...king different languages. Development is not as simple as just giving people the things they lack.  Oxfam has, since the early 1980s, assisted subsistence and micro-farmers to grow coffee around...