While the world has made encouraging strides in the fight against global poverty, there is a hidden crisis silently undermining our best efforts to help the poor. It is a plague of everyday violence. Beneath the surface of the world's poorest communities, common violence -- like rape, forced labor, illegal...
While the world has made encouraging strides in the fight against global poverty, there is a hidden crisis silently undermining our best efforts to help the poor.
It is a plague of everyday violence.
Beneath the surface of the world's poorest communities, common violence -- like rape, forced labor, illegal detention, land theft, police abuse and other brutality -- has become routine and relentless. And like a horde of locusts devouring everything in their path, the unchecked plague of violence ruins lives, blocks the road out of poverty, and undercuts development.
How has this plague of violence grown so ferocious? The answer is terrifying, and startlingly simple: There's nothing shielding the poor from violent people. In one of the most remarkable -- and unremarked upon -- social disasters of the last half century, basic public justice systems in the developing world have descended into a state of utter collapse.
Gary A. Haugen and Victor Boutros offer a searing account of how we got here -- and what it will take to end the plague. Filled with vivid real-life stories and startling new data, *The Locust Effect* is a gripping journey into the streets and slums where fear is a daily reality for billions of the world's poorest,where safety is secured only for those with money, and where much of our well-intended aid is lost in the daily chaos of violence.
While their call to action is urgent, Haugen and Boutros provide hope, a real solution and an ambitious way forward. *The Locust Effect* is a wake-up call: Its massive implications will forever change the way we understand global poverty - and will help secure a safe path to prosperity for the global poor in the 21st century.
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While the world has made encouraging strides in the fight against global poverty, there is a hidden crisis silently undermining our best efforts to help the poor. It is a plague of everyday violence. Beneath the surface of the world's poorest communities, common violence -- like rape, forced labor, illegal...
While the world has made encouraging strides in the fight against global poverty, there is a hidden crisis silently undermining our best efforts to help the poor.
It is a plague of everyday violence.
Beneath the surface of the world's poorest communities, common violence -- like rape, forced labor, illegal detention, land theft, police abuse and other brutality -- has become routine and relentless. And like a horde of locusts devouring everything in their path, the unchecked plague of violence ruins lives, blocks the road out of poverty, and undercuts development.
How has this plague of violence grown so ferocious? The answer is terrifying, and startlingly simple: There's nothing shielding the poor from violent people. In one of the most remarkable -- and unremarked upon -- social disasters of the last half century, basic public justice systems in the developing world have descended into a state of utter collapse.
Gary A. Haugen and Victor Boutros offer a searing account of how we got here -- and what it will take to end the plague. Filled with vivid real-life stories and startling new data, *The Locust Effect* is a gripping journey into the streets and slums where fear is a daily reality for billions of the world's poorest,where safety is secured only for those with money, and where much of our well-intended aid is lost in the daily chaos of violence.
While their call to action is urgent, Haugen and Boutros provide hope, a real solution and an ambitious way forward. *The Locust Effect* is a wake-up call: Its massive implications will forever change the way we understand global poverty - and will help secure a safe path to prosperity for the global poor in the 21st century.
The Locust Effect$43.99
Koorong code400540
ISBN9780199937875
Pages384
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date15 January 2014
Dimensions30 x 155 x 234mm
Weight0.61kg
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Compelling read! This will change your view of world poverty and how Christians should respond
This ground breaking book exposes violence as a rarely seen dimension of global poverty. Despite the generous international aid, and wonderful work done through child sponsorship programs, the plight of the world's poor remains unchanged. \\r\\n\\r\\nThese people live outside the protection of the law. Local police often perpetrate violence, and justice systems are broken and dysfunctional. \\r\\n\\r\\nThe Locust Effect shows us that ending the violence and transforming systems of justice is the greatest need for the poor of the developing world. All other efforts will only have limited value if we cannot stop the plague of violence. \\r\\n\\r\\nThere are important implications here for Christian aid organisations. We need to continue what we are doing to give aid and conduct responsible mission. At the same time, Christian aid and mission organisations need to partner with agencies like IJM to reform broken justice systems. These partnerships can do much to support the poor of the developing world. \\r\\n\\r\\nThe authors are deeply Christian men, and IJM does profound and valuable work defending and protecting the world's poor. The Christian worldview evidenced in IMJ's work harmonises wonderfully with a Christian and reformed heritage. There are many opportunities for collaboration with churches. \\r\\n\\r\\nThe book is published in an academic format (footnotes, etc) it remains exceptionally readable. Sometimes confronting, it changed my view of world poverty, and what we…
