whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

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(Comments)

...ctors involved such as cross-subsidy with tax-payers\' money. So the current \'competitiveness\' is not self-sustainable....

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

...profit motive of private health services, declared recently, "It has been recognised internationally as unsustainable, unaffordable and, frankly, not ethically justifiable." Despite this lo...

3. 100 Days of Sodom
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ating unnecessary jobs at the expense of the small pool of taxpayers seems an unlikely way to create long-term sustainable development. ...

4. Melamine, China, and the peril for emerging markets
(Analysis/Analysis)

... as well.  Their attitude to life is just different. I would suggest that a more measured, long-term, and sustainable response would be an opt-in health system.  Simply demand of your own co...

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

...pe (UWC). Says Professor Derek Keats of UWC, "A lot of people still seem to be afraid that it’s not sustainable, or that there isn’t enough support for Free and Open Source products.&...

6. Demonstration Health HIV / AIDS Orphanage A
(Ratings Demonstration/Demonstration)

... High degree of support from sponsors, volunteers and the community Well supported financially, and sustainable Children are well cared for and their education and well-being is a focu...

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

...ources. This community committee-based childcare model can be successful as long as the committees become self-sustainable. It is rather difficult to coordinate finances and to make sure that the chil...

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

...e choose carefully from the targeted group and then stick by them long enough for the individuals to grow to a sustainable size that offers a long term foundation. Only when we cannot choose, when mo...

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

...lly don’t want this."  And they go on to teach us how to be self-sufficient, propping up our unsustainable habits with donations and largesse.  Young Martians come to Earth as vol...

10. Enterprise Development and Employment: Experiences in South Africa and South Eastern Europe
(Analysis/Analysis)

... South African government, spearheaded by the Deputy President, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, is the Accelerated and Sustainable Growth Initiative - South Africa (ASGISA).  This initiative aims to erad...

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

...s scorecard measures the entity’s dependence on income streams from sources that may not be permanent or sustainable and considers the number of sources from which the entity derives its income....

12. Lessons in sustainable development
(Analysis/Analysis)

...he only cost is in the effort required to do so. As the number of trees declined there was no way to encourage sustainable use of those trees. Legislating that people look after trees makes no differe...