whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. When no-one is held accountable, everyone suffers
(Analysis/Analysis)

...gged into the fray. Fuel supplies that must come in via the land route through Kenya have been disrupted. Refugees are squabbling on their borders. And the region's tea growers are all in troub...

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

...se stock and, in any case, won't buy goods they are then forced to sell below their cost. The number of refugees streaming in to South Africa numbers around 3 000 per day. I did say, however, th...

3. Have you paid your car guard today?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...what worse than here – debtors goal, exile to Australia, torture.  We reserve this behaviour for refugees from our neighbours further North. It’s very easy standing in the middle of o...

4. Is the ownership of property at odds with the needs of the poor?
(Analysis/Analysis)

... take wealth away from people who have it.  Wealth generating individuals flee those countries and, as refugees, go and generate wealth elsewhere.  Their home-countries are left bereft of ta...

5. Does the new Apple iPhone cause poverty?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...id mention that they were naïve. At worst the ((iPhone)) will have no material impact on the lives of refugees from the conflict in ((Darfur)) or those suffering under the dictatorship in ((Zimb...