whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

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

...service – quality education and health – and failed to deliver on its promise. The resulting skills shortage and illness leads to reduced economic growth, limited production capacity, and...

2. Trevor Manuel and the "Plunder of Skills"
(Analysis/Analysis)

... Europe on their theft of valuable skilled people from our nation. Let's lay to rest this claim that skills are being plundered from South Africa. Say little Johnny or Sarah comes running home a...

3. Slaves to land, the policies of Land Affairs
(Analysis/Analysis)

...h Africans are landless. They rent their apartments and earn their living by trading their knowledge and skills. Land, like any tool, can be used to create wealth. Like any tool you must have both ...

4. Ending poverty means abandoning charity and accepting reality
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ween the principal cities of the Democratic Republic of Congo will require immense internal coordination, skills development and private business support. And even a partially built road has immediat...

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

...erate. How to do so with less staff being paid at higher wages? Only one solution: they must have more skills. Suddenly the people being hired must have minimum experience and references must be c...

6. The future of newspapers II: of shock-jocks and self-made media-stars
(Analysis/Analysis)

...thin media companies and attract attention by virtue of controversy, talent and astonishing communication skills. In the past media companies have been like venture capitalists: searching for people ...

7. Lies, damned lies, and curriculum vitae; or why ratings may be the future of education
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ficant capacity constraints in civil society.  There is plenty of money available, but where are the skills coming from to ensure effective implementation?" This is something we should have...

8. "Heads or Tails" ... resolution to a difficult choice
(Analysis/Analysis)

..., builds, fails, learns, gets the hang of it and is cast out. And so on. Money has been spent and wasted; skills have been learnt and lost; individuals have been carried for a while. But how else can...

9. Western Cape economic development support agencies lack the capacity to halve unemployment
(Analysis/Analysis)

... an Enterprise Development Consulting Agency as an organisation providing or arranging to provide for the skills development of a person wishing to, or already operating, a business. Such skills devel...

10. We're from Mars and we want to help: four lessons in development
(Analysis/Analysis)

...t ending poverty then we recommend the following approach: Infrastructure development: ensure that local skills exist to build the necessary infrastructure so that they can move their manufactures to...

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

...oodey's, the credit rating firm, recently issued a statement of concern regarding South Africa's skills deficit:  "The risks facing Africa's largest economy in 2007 remain skewe...

12. How do we prepare nonprofit organisations for the long term?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ss to which Whythawk Ratings aims to contribute through our ratings. The second process is to ensure that skills and capacity developed during the first process remain – for every society will f...

13. The other losing battle: Africa's war on talent
(Analysis/Analysis)

...are also probably unskilled.  If you are skilled – and especially if you have good technical ((skills)) – then you’re probably working harder than you’ve ever worked in yo...

14. AIDS-related illnesses cost South African businesses up to R 2.2 billion per year
(Analysis/Analysis)

...s, Dr Nosel says, "These changes reduce their health and injury risks, improve their health consumer skills and enhance their individual productivity and well-being through a preventative and pro...

15. The quiet nobility of the men by the side of the road
(Analysis/Analysis)

... – they seek employment and opportunities denied them at home.  Some have degrees or technical skills but immigration laws prohibit them from formal employment so they park cars, sell trink...

16. The end of wild seafood and the myth of "free"
(Analysis/Analysis)

...degrading subsistence agriculture, and bad air causes illness and entrenches poverty.  The technical skills required to work are rising rapidly so that the average factory no longer has place for...

17. X Challenge: Develop the cheapest most effective school
(Analysis/Analysis)

...th enough food in their bellies to concentrate) and a basic education program designed to teach essential skills and self-study techniques. The X Prize revolutionised commercial space flight by offe...

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

... universities. Walmart did not create all those jobs by providing a requirement for high-level technical skills at one business, but for thousands of suppliers at thousands of different low-level bus...

19. Guide To Volunteering
(Analysis/Donation Tips)

...er Finally, contact your list of potential charities to asses their volunteer needs and determine if your skills match those needs. With three in five charities having a paid volunteer coordinator, do...

20. 5 What are the specific things that Whythawk measures?
(FAQs/Rating FAQs)

There are three major components to a rating: the skills of the people who perform the service of the organisation the level of oversight and organisation of the organisation feedback from beneficia

21. 4 What sectors is Whythawk focused on?
(FAQs/Rating FAQs)

... Enterprise: small business development and support Health: HIV / AIDS Education: adult education, skills programs, learnerships and apprenticeships However, at present we are only rating Enter...

22. Interpreting the Emerging Market Risk Curve
(Static Content)

...ing market Scenario 2: Nation controlled by narrow political elite Scenario 3: Migration leading to skills shortage and capital flight Scenario 4: Two nations in one country Variations ...

23. Section 51 Manual for Whythawk Development CC
(Static Content)

...s available in terms of any other legislation Close Corporations Act 69 of 1984 Income Tax Act 95 of 1967 Skills Development Levies Act No. 9 of 1999 Unemployment Contributions Act No. 4 of 2002 Unemp...

24. Ratings Subscriptions
(Static Content)

...onsultants and gateways) Health (HIV/AIDS orphanages and antiretroviral treatment) Education (schools and skills training programs) Service offerings: Annual subscription per sector - Western Cape:&nb...

25. Ratings Methodology
(Static Content)

...ereafter a second questionnaire assesses the human resource capacity, focusing on the level of education, skills and relevant experience the organisation has at hand. Finally, a random sampling of the...

26. Interpreting the Emerging Market Risk Curve
(Static Content)

...ing market Scenario 2: Nation controlled by narrow political elite Scenario 3: Migration leading to skills shortage and capital flight Scenario 4: Two nations in one country Variations ...

27. Section 51 Manual for Whythawk Development CC
(Static Content)

...s available in terms of any other legislation Close Corporations Act 69 of 1984 Income Tax Act 95 of 1967 Skills Development Levies Act No. 9 of 1999 Unemployment Contributions Act No. 4 of 2002 Unemp...

28. Ratings Subscriptions
(Static Content)

...onsultants and gateways) Health (HIV/AIDS orphanages and antiretroviral treatment) Education (schools and skills training programs) Service offerings: Annual subscription per sector - Western Cape:&nb...

29. Ratings Methodology
(Static Content)

...ereafter a second questionnaire assesses the human resource capacity, focusing on the level of education, skills and relevant experience the organisation has at hand. Finally, a random sampling of the...