whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1.
(Comments)

...and important commentary on how best to address development needs. The only problem is that if Oprah merely sponsored students, there wouldn\'t be any place to tack the plaque with her name on it....

2. The errors of selection and confirmation bias
(Analysis/Analysis)

...sarocks.com both provide a forum for non-stop happy news stories about South Africa. They're both donor-sponsored websites reaching a rather small audience, but they do exist. If they prove popu...

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

...wealth to the poor? Governments are famously bad at redistributing wealth. The US spends far more on state-sponsored education than do the Europeans, yet for far less benefit. In South Africa the b...

4. Demonstration Health HIV / AIDS Orphanage B
(Ratings Demonstration/Demonstration)

...ve of the Alexandria Community Outreach Project and has been operating since 1999. The original building was sponsored by the Danish Government, although they are no longer involved with the initiativ...

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

...sadvantaged.  Since development organisations don’t have to pay tax, and many of their inputs are sponsored, their goods can be sold much more cheaply. Consider the not-too-far-fetched exa...