whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

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

...met by the regular donations from Mdabeni Textiles and their affiliates, however the costs of antiretroviral treatment as well as ongoing educational costs are expensive and becoming a burden to the c...

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

...anye - the principal of Ithuteng Trust in Soweto – or even traumatised volunteers complaining about maltreatment at charities they spend time with.  Donors take note and back off for a whil...

3. AIDS and the cost of doing nothing
(Analysis/Analysis)

... South Africa launched a five-year HIV/AIDS strategy in late 2006, vowing to cut new infections and deliver treatment and support to at least 80 percent of millions of its people infected with HIV by...

4. Coffee, the miracle of poverty, and other wonders
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ce demonstrates that coffee is not uniform and that some coffees are truly outstanding, deserving of special treatment.  The winner on January 16th – Fazenda Esperanca – sold their wi...

5. What do toilet paper and state monopolies have in common?
(Analysis/Analysis)

Imagine a product so important that it requires special treatment.  Supply considered so essential by the state that it must be guaranteed through the creation of state-owned monopolies.  St

6. Zackie Achmat, campaigner for HIV antiretrovirals, charged with genocide
(Analysis/Analysis)

It is as outrageous as it is hilarious.  ((Zackie Achmat)), HIV positive head of the Treatment Action Campaign and a tireless campaigner for universal access to HIV ((antriretroviral)) treatment

7. Ratings Subscriptions
(Static Content)

...Development (enterprise development consultants and gateways) Health (HIV/AIDS orphanages and antiretroviral treatment) Education (schools and skills training programs) Service offerings: Annual subsc...