A Washington Post bestseller While the world has made encouraging strides in the fight against global poverty, the hidden plague of everyday violence silently undermines our best efforts to help the poor. Common violence like rape, forced labor, illegal detention, land theft, and police abuse has become routine and relentless. And like a horde of locusts devouring everything in its 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? In one of the most remarkable social disasters...
A Washington Post bestseller While the world has made encouraging strides in the fight against global poverty, the hidden plague of everyday viole...
A Washington Post bestseller While the world has made encouraging strides in the fight against global poverty, the hidden plague of everyday violence silently undermines our best efforts to help the poor. Common violence like rape, forced labor, illegal detention, land theft, and police abuse has become routine and relentless. And like a horde of locusts devouring everything in its path, the unchecked plague of violence ruins lives, blocks the road out of poverty, and undercuts development. How has this plague of violence grown...
A Washington Post bestseller While the world has made encouraging strides in the fight...
Vier Milliarden Menschen werden von den Rechtssystemen ihrer Lander nicht vor Gewalt geschutzt. Polizeigewalt, Raub, Vergewaltigung und Menschenhandel bedrohen taglich das Leben der Armsten. Neuen Studien zufolge furchten sie willkurliche Gewalt sogar starker als Wasser-, Nahrungs- und Medikamentenmangel.
Die internationale Entwicklungszusammenarbeit hat uber viele Jahre einen wichtigen Faktor ubersehen: Wenn Menschen, die von weniger als zwei Dollar am Tag uberleben mussen, keinen Zugang zu einem funktionierenden Rechtssystem haben, nutzen Hilfsprojekte gegen Hunger, Krankheit und...
Vier Milliarden Menschen werden von den Rechtssystemen ihrer Lander nicht vor Gewalt geschutzt. Polizeigewalt, Raub, Vergewaltigung und Menschenhan...
