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The latest interviews, opinion pieces and blogs on initiatives taken to eradicate poverty beyond growth.

EQUALS

Podcast: Beyond Growth: Can We End Poverty Without GDP?

Olivier De Schutter joined the EQUALS podcast with hosts Max Lawson and Annie Theriault in a two-part series to unpack assumptions in economics. Drawing from his experience as UN Special...

8 July 2026

Economics for Rebels

Podcast: Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth

 In an episode of the Economics for Rebels podcast, Alexandra Köves welcomes Olivier De Schutter to discuss how he came to question the hegemony of growth as UN Special...

22 June 2026

Public Eye

Podcast: How to fight again poverty and inequalities?

Public Eye invited New Economies Eradicating Poverty Chair, Olivier De Schutter, to talk about the reasons why poverty persists. Contrary to dominant thinking, they discuss how economic growth as a...

5 June 2026

Better Future Media

Podcast: Olivier De Schutter on why the economy creates poverty – and how to fix it.

During the Wellbeing Economic Forum in Iceland, Olivier De Schutter sat down with Better Future Podcast host, Michael Mezzatesta, to discuss the inequalities built into the global economic system and...

14 May 2026

OHCHR

Press release: UN-backed roadmap provides blueprint for eradicating poverty beyond growth: UN expert

A UN expert today called for a major overhaul of global development, unveiling a new roadmap designed to end poverty without pushing the planet beyond its limits.

22 April 2026

"The New Economic Times"

The New Economic Times…Wednesday 1 April 2026

Today's front page...Job guarantees transforming labour markets. Polluters paying for climate and social justice. Governments rejecting GDP as a measure of progress. Debt cancellation allowing countries to invest in education. Conversations happening around the world on an extreme wealth line, reductions in working time and policies fit for future generations.

1 April 2026

L’actu ES

Interview: The social and solidarity economy: a lever for combating poverty beyond growth

L’actu ES 17 mars 2026 Comment lutter contre la pauvreté dans un contexte de crises sociales, environnementales et de croissance économique incertaine ? Dans un policy brief publié avec l’UNTFSSE...

17 March 2026

The Guardian

Interview: Global economy must stop pandering to ‘frivolous desires of ultra-rich’, says UN expert

Olivier De Schutter says new economic agenda needed to tackle crises of rising inequality and ecological collapse.

3 March 2026

World Day of Social Justice

Special Rapporteur joins UNTFSSE and ILO-led Global Coalition for Social Justice to launch joint policy brief on the social and solidarity economy

The new joint policy brief offers a deep dive into the ways in which the social and solidarity economy can advance the objectives of the Roadmap by supporting the eradication of poverty beyond growth.

20 February 2026