whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

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... to do significantly better than a flippant \"there was definitely a need to revisit Zimbabwe\'s property rights\", Omodudu. When you start messing with property rights you are on a straight downhi...

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...ance. I wish he was more systematic about it. There was definitely a need to revisit Zimbabwe\'s property rights....

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...t (most recently at a brickworks in China) falls within countries that have little respect for individual rights, democracy or free-market economics. It isn\'t free-market capitalism that is the pr...

4. Dealing with the consequences of Zimbabwe
(Analysis/Analysis)

... ten years later. Now we have Zimbabwe. The result of direct political intervention to abolish property rights and remove individual freedom has its consequence. The Zimbabwe dollar is now worth ar...

5. Xenophobia and the end of the African Renaissance
(Analysis/Analysis)

...at the ANC and government consider dismembering the Scorpions more important than ensuring that the human rights enshrined in our constitution are enforced for everyone in South Africa, irrespective o...

6. Of Capitalism, Socialist Greed, Poverty and Remaining Silent
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...es rely on educated, healthy employees; and need to be based in a safe environment that respects property rights. One of the worst excesses of South African state negligence has been regarding HIV / ...

7. Africa, China and Investment
(Analysis/Analysis)

...you can shake a pointed stick at. After decades of instability, warfare, or plain disregard for economic rights the most capable Africans have fled leaving shattered infrastructure behind. A mining c...

8. Ending poverty means abandoning charity and accepting reality
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... symptoms with causes. For starters, how do informal markets even come to be? The break-down of property rights A centralised state exists largely to protect contract and the enforcement of property...

9. Science gone wrong: when self-delusion leads to death
(Analysis/Analysis)

...e executives who are corrupt, just as there are corrupt politicians and corrupt lawyers and corrupt human rights activists. But when you accuse the means of your salvation of killing you then you wil...

10. "Be sure, we will be watching you," the other GB and the pursuit of social justice
(Analysis/Analysis)

...hat use of the space available to us to make people see. If there is space available to push basic human rights then we must pursue it. The families of the victims are the final people to make the d...

11. Two Frontiers: wars of liberation and of determination
(Analysis/Analysis)

...urma to Laos to Guinea may lead one to believe that these countries are simply poor, not lacking in human rights. This is a delusion. The truth is that protest only happens in countries where there is...

12. The Golden Pen, Yahoo, and the worst country in the world to be a journalist
(Analysis/Analysis)

...have a special responsibility" he said. "They have an obligation to ensure that the basic human rights of their users will be protected, and they must carefully guard against becoming accomp...

13. The efficiency of markets and how protectionism leaves the poor behind
(Analysis/Analysis)

...nism to work. For those of you who think that this is a recipe for "screw the environment and human rights, let's do it", pause. If you put a price on clean water that incorporates the...

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

... fears of losing their top-dog economic place in the world than of their attitude to Chinese worker's rights. A quick look at US trade policy indicates that US politicians (no doubt, with the tac...

15. Freedom of speech is fine, just don't try to use it, says Patricia de Lille
(Analysis/Analysis)

...rved such a short term." She is a fond exponent of the right to free speech. At least, as far as her rights are concerned. So, what is she all in a lather about now? "We recently came across...

16. The future of Newspapers, journalistic integrity and the battle for Google's soul
(Analysis/Analysis)

...t like water. He, and many in the open-source movement, have forgotten the duty that comes with exclusive rights; the responsibility to accept the consequences. Social networked blogs and websites de...

17. Unions, the leverage of the highly skilled, and the future of work
(Analysis/Analysis)

...is more than 100 years old.  At its outset it sought to improve the lot of employees relative to the rights automatically accorded to the owners of businesses. The power of the unions coincided ...

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

...he self and leads to violence and crime.  This is not about race, it is about people. On this Human Rights Day, let us reflect.  There will be no common South African identity until the not...

19. Zimbabwe at the Security Council; South Africa's unequivocal support
(Analysis/Analysis)

...re at the head of the [United Nations' Security Council] is characterised by an indifference to human rights and temporising with tyranny. We have now all but lost much of the moral high ground we...

20. Cry, The Beloved Country
(Analysis/Analysis)

...de.  For Father Stephen Kumalo’s son, Absalom, has murdered Arthur Jarvis, a campaigning human rights lawyer.  The murder destroys not only the lives of those involved, but is also use...

21. South Africa and China, or why democracy isn't connected to economic growth
(Analysis/Analysis)

... rest of the world wants to buy.  The workers don't have any of the labour protections or safety rights expected in the developed world.  The Chinese - as a people - don't have any o...

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

...r of property ownership how can you have redistribution in the first place?  If you abolish property rights so that you may own something not rightfully yours then there are no rights to protect ...

23. Africa falling ever further behind, says UN
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...businesses to be created.  Legal systems can ensure equality before the law, rather than entrenching rights for a small autocracy.  Systems for reducing legal and business complexity can be ...

24. Rating Copyright and Terms of Use
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...a Point, 8060 Reproduction or retransmission in whole or in part is prohibited except by permission. All rights reserved. All of the information contained herein is based on information obtained from...

25. Guide to Donating
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...am artists who wish to take advantage of your goodwill. Check The Charity's Commitment To Donor's Rights Giving to charity shouldn't be a one-sided relationship. It should work more like a...

26. 8 What should I expect during the ratings process?
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...ber, nature of intervention) We will sign a nondisclosure agreement and we will protect your client's rights to privacy. ...

27. Interpreting the Emerging Market Risk Curve
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...pital and skills flight; Harmonisation: the state may introduce liberal policies that enhance minority rights and enable capital mobility; new business opportunities gradually lead to increased soc...

28. Terms of Use
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...analysis, ratings, text and trademarks, are the sole property of Whythawk or its licensors. The exclusive rights to all materials on this site are protected by South African and international laws of ...

29. Section 51 Manual for Whythawk Development CC
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...om 2. The section 10 Guide on how to use the Act The Guide will be available from the South African Human Rights Commission by not later than August 2005. Please direct any queries to: The South Afric...

30. Interpreting the Emerging Market Risk Curve
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...pital and skills flight; Harmonisation: the state may introduce liberal policies that enhance minority rights and enable capital mobility; new business opportunities gradually lead to increased soc...

31. Terms of Use
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...analysis, ratings, text and trademarks, are the sole property of Whythawk or its licensors. The exclusive rights to all materials on this site are protected by South African and international laws of ...

32. Section 51 Manual for Whythawk Development CC
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...om 2. The section 10 Guide on how to use the Act The Guide will be available from the South African Human Rights Commission by not later than August 2005. Please direct any queries to: The South Afric...