whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

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...informal economy, it should reduce the regulatory burden, instead of trying to extend it forcibly to the most successful of the informal-sector businesses....

2. Of Capitalism, Socialist Greed, Poverty and Remaining Silent
(Analysis/Analysis)

...al state" – derives from the profits earned by businesses. Profits they can only make if they are successful at selling things. That success is dependent on what governments do – or...

3. Contradictions resolve in ways you don't intend
(Analysis/Analysis)

...s jobs can be created with taxpayers' money but taxpayers' money cannot be created without active and successful businesses. Job creation comes from economic growth, and economic growth comes...

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

...y this can be achieved is if the person abandon also the idea of direct comparison with those who are already successful. If the best you can do is crawl across the floor then the last thing you need...

5. Department of inJustice: the corruption of high office
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ich he claimed constituted an actionable “occupational detriment”. Tshishonga initially sought unsuccessfully to prevent the department from defending the matter because this would mean c...

6. Start your business in Johannesburg but hire your advisor in Cape Town
(Analysis/Analysis)

... is a pity as banks have expressed interest in working with consultants who consistently identify and support successful entrepreneurs." This is the first year that ratings of this nature have be...

7. Islam, Shari'ah Law, and Cultural Capitalism
(Analysis/Analysis)

... conservative grouping:  hardworking, disciplined and responsible.  They now have an attractive and successful alternative to the arrogant, angry and violent response to Western success epit...

8. Jimmy Wales, Digital Freedom South Africa: What would you ask him?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...products.  But one of the things we’re aiming to show with the Expo is that there are several very successful open source models out there. All it takes is a very small shift in thinking .....

9. What market is worth R 100 billion a year and is growing at 10.9%?
(Analysis/Analysis)

... of the Pyramid is a two-hour presentation on the techniques and strategies used by South Africa’s most successful emerging-market firms. As companies adapt their businesses to sell to the p...

10. Hedging and bundling; improving the efficiency of microlending
(Analysis/Analysis)

...the needs of each other as well as their capacity for risk and repayment. Records are kept. After a year of successful activities a microfinance bank will approach them and offer to lend them an eve...

11. Development organisations need to engage with ratings agencies
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ulatively, like venture capital, to fund startling and innovative new ideas, to support fledgling – but successful – new projects that have a real opportunity to end dependency.  Orga...

12. Aggregation and collaboration: a guide to making money and doing good in poor nations
(Analysis/Analysis)

... many would regard as out of reach for the average impoverished nation – DatingBuzz and MxIt are wildly successful.  DatingBuzz offers an aggregated model where many companies can use their...

13. What happens when they hate you? The impact of charity.
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ho has worked for a revolution is like one who has ploughed the sea,” said Simon Bolivar. The truth of successful social development is not in helping other people directly but in creating an e...

14. A story of an African Orphan
(Analysis/Analysis)

...their children, rather than rely on external resources. This community committee-based childcare model can be successful as long as the committees become self-sustainable. It is rather difficult to co...

15. "On your left is an Orc fighting a Troll" - travels in hyper-reality offer lessons for the poor
(Analysis/Analysis)

...nities or ideas.  Developing countries start from the advantaged position of being able to copy the most successful ideas that have gone before. If they’re not doing so it must be that the...

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

“Everybody knows that any war on poverty would start with a successful war on corruption. The grotesque disparity between the rich and poor is maintained and exacerbated by uncontrolled greed at

17. World Cup 2010 asks for big sacrifices from the poor
(Analysis/Analysis)

The South African government has staked its reputation on a successful World Cup in 2010.  “Success” equates with expensive stadiums the likes of which the world has never seen. The

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

..., this statement does not suggest that the underlying needs will forever disappear but supports the view that successful development will give rise to societies and individuals capable of attending to...

19. Enterprise - Ratings and Scorecard overview
(FAQs/Rating FAQs)

...ts have had in raising finance on the back of the intervention, including not only the whether the client was successful in raising finance but also what proportion of the facility requested was appro...

20. A revitalised UN may improve development in Africa
(Analysis/Analysis)

...mewling pleas for continual aid from Africa with any sympathy.  After all, South Korea has become wildly successful without massive foreign aid, but with lots of investment. Whatever its failing...

21. The danger of wanting to believe in the power of good intentions
(Analysis/Analysis)

...nother human being's life really does produce tangible benefit for that person. Gifter.org may be wildly successful at raising money.  Bob Geldof with his Live Aid concert in 1985 raised &po...

22. Guide to Donating
(Analysis/Donation Tips)

...n the charity's efforts to bring about change. Only with long-term, committed supporters can a charity be successful. And don't hesitate to tell the charity of your giving plans so that the or...

23. 9 Why do you need my financials and client list?
(FAQs/Rating FAQs)

...re and trends within the development sector. Financials are used to calculate the overall cost of producing a successful outcome within the sector. Trends are tracked to see what changes may be happen...

24. The Responsibility Gap
(Analysis/Analysis)

... steal from them. That it is a brutal dictatorship is not the fault of the US. Regime change has not proven a successful stratagem and, unless Nepalese choose for themselves how they would like to be ...