whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

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

...'burg. I can earn twice as much and the opportunities are more exciting." Is Jo'burg "stealing" skills from Pofadder? There are plenty of small South African towns that are dy...

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

...ing washing machines are exploiting you, do the washing by hand. If the companies selling you music are stealing from you, don't buy any. If the drugs you take to prevent measles are causing mor...

3. People, Planet and Profits: the complexities of corporate governance
(Analysis/Analysis)

...rks. The G3 standard, for instance. If you speed you run the risk of a traffic fine. If you murder or steal you can go to jail. But you don't have someone sitting next to you conferring with y...

4. Nigeria, or the idiots guide to stealing an election
(Analysis/Analysis)

...tioned," he laughs again. Kukah was alluding to Zimbabwe's dictator, Robert Mugabe, who, after stealing the last pretence at elections in his country in 2003, received South African observer...

5. The 'War Against Corruption' starts with ending the 'Culture of Entitlement'
(Analysis/Analysis)

...oit opportunities to enrich themselves.  The more that corruption is overlooked, the more they will steal.  And the more they get away with it, the more what they do is seen to be a normal w...

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

... clothes you wear, to the time spent on conversation.  People who waste your time are, technically, stealing it. It takes time and investment to learn things.  I spend my time on myself to ...

7. What do Richard Branson and Che Guevara have in common?
(Analysis/Analysis)

... wild accusation can be levelled at businesses: they harm the environment; they exploit poor people; the steal from the masses.  Business owners listen and observe.  If they note that the ac...

8. The Responsibility Gap
(Analysis/Analysis)

...elative poverty of the Nepalese is hardly their fault. Nepalese have chosen a government and monarch who steal from them. That it is a brutal dictatorship is not the fault of the US. Regime change has...

9. Research Reports, eBooks and Ideas
(Static Content)

...also the poverty of ideas. Poor Africans live in poor countries where their politicians betray them and steal all the opportunities and money. Kenya, which produces no mosquito nets, has a 200% exci...