whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. Jacob's ANC Ladder: the power of the state, the power of the party
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ternity of unions, communists and fellow travellers.  The Unions are now in the ascendancy after Mbeki squandered his moral authority on the twin perils of Zimbabwe and AIDS (in both cases the pr...

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

...er who offers to fix those problems as long as they are solved. Right now the South African government has squandered the goodwill of the peaceful elections in 1994 as glibly as the United States dis...

3. The Martians Really Care: four points to govern development
(Analysis/Ideas and Challenges)

...We don’t invent things or build buildings just for the sake of it.  Only dictators can afford to squander assets not of their own making.  It is no surprise that only the most corrupt ...

4. Ithala and The Corruption Of Development
(Analysis/Analysis)

...und who will come forward.  Without this, money itself will simply result in indefinite outcomes and a squandering of resources. ...

5. Responsibility Reputation Risk - a conference on corporate social investment
(Events/Events)

...ns, however, even if no corruption exists there is little to suggest that development organisations are not squandering donors money on spurious causes or inappropriate solutions.  With developme...

6. 1 Why are development ratings necessary?
(FAQs/Rating FAQs)

... various possible development services objectively and consistently to ensure that money and effort are not squandered. Development organisations themselves benefit: Improve performance: ratings provi...