Setting the stage so that we know how relief and development resources are used. Monday, December 24, 2007. One of the sad realities is that good people are in the majority . but have rather little of the decision making power that drives society. It probably has been this way for ever. But some of these good people over the years have worked very hard, and at considerable risk, to make the world a better place, with more justice, equity and fairness. Good people are still doing this.

Conflict does all sorts of damage. most times there are better alternatives. Conflict causes immediate value destruction and constrains the future for years . Thursday, May 1, 2008. The violence in Somalia seems to go on and on and on. Why is this? This is what has been successful in Somaliland. This is what Michael Van Notten showed me when I was working in the area some years ago. Monday, April 7, 2008.

Corruption is a drag on productivity . but powerful individuals and groups get huge benefit from corruption. Society as a whole pays a very high price for corruption and stopping it is difficult. Sunday, April 13, 2008. There has been grand corruption in Iraq, it appears, since the very early days of the American occupation. More than five years into the occupation, and the total funds that have been mis-used seems to be more than anything ever experienced in history.

Helping to put CSR into the corporate mainstream. Saturday, February 13, 2010. Corporations should take CSR seriously. Over the last three years there have been enormous shifts in the global economic landscape. These shifts have been underway for a long time, but they have become more obvious, and they have accelerated in an exponential manner. Thursday, March 27, 2008. CSR vitally important for society . but not for traditional corporate stakeholders. A good business certainly should deliver benefit to .

Education is the foundation for the future. Friday, February 29, 2008. How important is education? How to make it the best it can be? Most people seem to understand that education is important . but how to make it the best it can be is a much more difficult challenge. It was also widely recognised that the lack of education was a constraint on development in much of the world some fifty years ago . The educational techniques that are .

but the economics are terrible. Making changes that are win-win-win is a challenge, but possible. Friday, April 25, 2008. An opinion about generic drugs. WHO Conference Attendees Wrongheaded In Their Support for Pharmaceutical Patent Busting. For Developing Countries without Healthcare Infrastructure, Free Drugs Are Largely Useless. At best, compulsory licenses a.

Viable strategy for success in reducing the socio-economic burden of malaria in Africa. Thursday, May 1, 2008. MERG and the lack of accountancy expertise. A few months ago I wrote the following. It was addressed to Dr.

Management is about decision making . and solving problems, especially difficult ones. Management information is key . it needs to be timely and relevant. Wednesday, April 16, 2008. Tr-Ac-Net is of the view that a universal system of management information that provides accountability to the public for use of resources and.

Doing our small part to make the world a better place. Thursday, February 11, 2010. This has been very convenient. Business has been able to report profit while destroying the society where people live . the stockmarket goes up, and a part of society prospers. CA has been designed to have some good aspects of old-fashioned accounting, but also to function in the fast moving modern era. Data acquisition is designed for mobile phone text message.

A key part of any management information system. Should be far more useful than it is. Tuesday, January 20, 2009. The value of investments may be based on reality or on a rigged unreality. For most of the past 40 years a rigged unreality has made America look as if it was prospering, when in reality, all that was going on was that wealth once owned by one set of people was being moved to another set of people. But America has huge potential once the financial rigging is eliminat.