whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. Africa, China and Investment
(Analysis/Analysis)

...lly no interest in Africa to its third largest investor. China is prepared to build railways and ports and terminals to service its mines and oil interests. The advantage is that many African nation...

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

...e Economist recently described a failing country thus:  “The country was paralysed by a sense of terminal decline.  The mainstream left was beholden to its militants, union friends and...

3. The Responsibility Gap
(Analysis/Analysis)

...sures their increasing despair. In a similar way, it is hardly the responsibility of fit people to help the terminally obese get up and exercise. That is a task they must take on. If they don’t ...