whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. Xenophobia and the end of the African Renaissance
(Analysis/Analysis)

...lcome in your country, why should you be welcome to exploit ours?" There is also the small matter of tourism and business travel. Of the 779,094 tourist arrivals recorded by Stats SA in Februar...

2. When no-one is held accountable, everyone suffers
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ted in violent conflict stemming from the failure of two men to agree on what is best for all. The Kenyan tourism industry has collapsed, tea plantations can't get their goods to market and indus...

3. The Trouble with Paradise, or why Pakistan Sucks
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ouldn't go to war. But then Friedman enjoys artery-clogging burgers while I enjoy independent travel. Tourism is the largest employer and most valuable industry in the world. And so I present the...

4. The tragedy of innovation: how brilliant ideas are criminalised
(Analysis/Analysis)

...quot; Or: "Fine, so airline travel has dramatically changed the world and allowed cultural mixing and tourism which improves international knowledge and relations as well as creating jobs for hun...

5. The Last King, the Centralised State, and Democracy
(Analysis/Analysis)

...f interaction; law societies, journalists, rate-payers associations, animal welfare groups, child welfare, tourism societies, NGOs, charities … anyone or anything that acts to create work oppor...

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

.... The economy has seen tremendous increases in property values as investors price in potential gains from tourism.  The future value to the economy has already been priced in and, by 2010, there...

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

...th Africa by focusing on three sectors; mainly bio-fuels, contact centres and office support services, and tourism. These sectors were chosen for their relative reliance on labour, and also for the be...