whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1.
(Comments)

...ar goods. That hawkers are still able to compete shows that they have some competitive advantages. And trust me - with the aggressiveness of city officials - all street hawkers pay something. If ...

2. Netscape, the Internet and Creative Destruction
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ts. It is no accident that the poorest countries in the world are also those that demonstrate the least trust for open markets and open minds. Consider that most of the services offered online are f...

3. Zimbabwe's winds of change are blowing once more
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ds (Land Reform and Resettlement), when asked for his reaction to one of the Zimbabwean government's trusted generals abandoning President Robert Mugabe's bandwagon. Former Home Affairs minist...

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

...t players breaks down. An informal market is really a fragmented localised market where only people who trust one another directly are prepared to trade with each other. Any central state wanting to...

5. Zimbabwe: recovering the irrecoverable
(Analysis/Analysis)

...nking their currency to the SA rand poses tremendous risks for South Africa. Money is based on fiat, or trust. The money supply must reflect the underlying value of the economy that it represents. ...

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

...every desktop. But now we're dependent on them. I think we should scrap computers and go back to our trusty old Abacus." I note that, once Europe and the US had managed to wipe out their mal...

7. What comes after Capitalism?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ive in return, like "help in time of need". You've just introduced credit, which requires trust relationships. With the complexity of modern living and the astonishing size of our soci...

8. The efficiency of markets and how protectionism leaves the poor behind
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ock moved in advance. In this way we don't have very much wastage at all." The efficiency and trust in systems is astonishing. It is taking just-in-time to remarkable levels. And this inf...

9. Freedom of speech is fine, just don't try to use it, says Patricia de Lille
(Analysis/Analysis)

...n of autocracy and dictatorship.  The right to freedom of expression must be an absolute for we can trust no-one to decide for others where that line should be drawn. ...

10. Leveraging your good name; the power of a positive credit rating
(Analysis/Analysis)

... complexity of financial interactions, is it possible to trade with someone else who you do not know and trust that they will deliver on their promises? In small trading groups it’s easy; you k...

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

...ed by all. Rating Factors Ownership, Governance, and Management Demonstration is a charitable trust governed by a board made up of donors and community leaders. The director of operations i...

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

... scrutiny.  But there are horror stories, such as Jacqueline Maarohanye - the principal of Ithuteng Trust in Soweto – or even traumatised volunteers complaining about maltreatment at charit...

13. Lies, damned lies, and curriculum vitae; or why ratings may be the future of education
(Analysis/Analysis)

...gnising the learned and acquired abilities of the self-taught. It may be that ratings are the future of trust relationships.  You are far more likely to experiment with a new product from your f...

14. The best bridge out of poverty is over the future of cash
(Analysis/Analysis)

...rs are suspected of having simply pocketed the money they were supposed to be managing. The Living Hands Trust invested R 1.47 bn with Fidentia, cash needed to fund monthly payments to widows of decea...

15. Mama Jackie - the "Angel of Soweto" - assaults a journalist
(Analysis/Analysis)

... on Responsibility, Reputation and Risk, we mentioned Jacqueline Maarohanye - the principal of Ithuteng Trust in Soweto – as an example of the embarrassing situations that donors could wind up ...

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

...st.   The seminal difference between developed and developing nations appears to be the amount of trust they place in officials.  The vast bulk of people are fair-minded but a few seek to ...

17. The lack of feedback and accountability is fatal to aid effectiveness
(Analysis/Analysis)

...als. If all the stent manufacturers got together and agreed on a set of safety standards and told us to trust them, “We’ll comply with these,” you probably wouldn’t feel as sa...

18. Government rewards the worst schools for poor performance
(Analysis/Analysis)

...o be it.  They don't deserve to be propped up if all they can do is ruin the futures of those entrusted to their care. ...

19. Does Africa need the most expensive school in the world?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ased that it won't be a burden on the South Africa taxpayer and that this money will come out of the trust that ((Oprah Winfrey)) is setting up but, as a I asked in a previous post, is this reall...

20. Checklist for Assessing Organisation Ability
(Events/Events)

...finance existing debt? What is the sense of community at the entity? What is the calibre of the board of trustees and / or management? How in-depth are operations? Is demand amply demonstrated? Are ut...

21. Responsibility Reputation Risk - a conference on corporate social investment
(Events/Events)

...eric and poorly-measured objectives.  Dr Allan Boesak defrauded Paul Simon’s Children’s Trust of R 1.1 million.  Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey and Nelson Mandela have all been emba...

22. 3 How does the Whythawk approach differ from other organisations?
(FAQs/Rating FAQs)

...siness will return the best result for your money. You could look at a long list of unrelated companies, trust your broker, and put your money into the ones at the top of the pile. Or, you could choos...

23. Unlock the Value in Emerging Markets
(Static Content)

...hawk offers high-level seminars on understanding the informal economy, as well as rating the risk in the trust relationships that are necessary to work in such an unstructured environment. Improve y...

24. Our Analysts
(Static Content)

Whythawk has been the trusted advisor for many of South Africa's most demanding development initiatives for almost a decade. Insightful and thorough analysis; creative and comprehensive solutions

25. Why Use Whythawk
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...to be most acceptable to the poor.  Then Whythawk offers specific support in rating the risk of the trust relationships between the investor and the informal market actors necessary for the succe...

26. Unlock the Value in Emerging Markets
(Static Content)

...hawk offers high-level seminars on understanding the informal economy, as well as rating the risk in the trust relationships that are necessary to work in such an unstructured environment. Improve y...

27. Our Analysts
(Static Content)

Whythawk has been the trusted advisor for many of South Africa's most demanding development initiatives for almost a decade. Insightful and thorough analysis; creative and comprehensive solutions

28. Why Use Whythawk
(Static Content)

...to be most acceptable to the poor.  Then Whythawk offers specific support in rating the risk of the trust relationships between the investor and the informal market actors necessary for the succe...