The Locust Effect

The Locust Effect

1. Starved to death: Locusts destroyed every square inch of crops and vegetation

   • Graves read "starved to death' because or no food
     • Locusts destroyed everything
   • Trillions of locusts swarmed over 200,000 square miles across Midwest

2. Locusts of violence

   • lawless violence is devastating to the poor
     • crime and violence are major obstacles for development for World Bank
   • Guatemala estimates the cost of criminal violence at 2.4 billion U.S. dollars
   • Nagpur 13% of women miss work from being beaten and abused at home
   • Latin America & Caribbean net accumulation of human capital is cut in half over a period of 15 years because of violence
   • Human Rights Watch claims girls in developing countries learn that sexual violence and abuse area an inescapable part of going to school
   • UNODC claims that research indicates fear of violence can lead to "paralyze development at the grassroots

3. Diseases such as HIV are a part o the locust effect

   • sexual violence a powerful driver of HIV/Aids epidemic

4. Global warming, AIDs epidemic unsustainable entitlement programs, obesity and other crisis of public affairs

5. Solutions: Need programs for feeding, teaching, housing, employing and empowering the poor