The latest interviews, opinion pieces and blogs on initiatives taken to eradicate poverty beyond growth.
In this interview the UN special rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Olivier De Schutter, discusses his report “The burnout economy: poverty and mental health”.
13 November 2024
Obsession with growth is enriching elites and killing the planet. That’s the message of this week’s guest, Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights and author of The Poverty of Growth.
29 October 2024
Government policies designed to drive economic growth are taking a devastating toll on the mental health of people in poverty, according to a new report by the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter.
25 October 2024
Policymakers themselves are finally beginning to grasp the challenge. Two signs, among others: the attention given to a report presented at the UN on "eradicating poverty beyond growth,” and the commitment of governments, enshrined in the pact adopted at the Summit for the Future held in New York on September 22–23, to use progress indicators that go beyond GDP.
28 September 2024
Buried deep in the Pact for the Future – a global declaration to be agreed by heads of state and government meeting at the U.N. in New York this weekend – is a pledge that, if realised, could represent one of the greatest shifts in the way we address global poverty.
20 September 2024
"I think there is a real anthropological problem underlying our behaviors," explains Olivier De Schutter, United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and extreme poverty since 2020.
18 September 2024
The global economy, fuelled by the pursuit of growth, is hurtling us towards climate collapse. Yet even with the fires, floods and other environmental alarm bells, our approach to poverty eradication remains much the same: grow the economy first, then redistribute the wealth through social policies at home, or official development assistance overseas.
17 July 2024
Olivier De Schutter presents his report on "Eradicating Poverty Beyond Growth" to the UN Human Rights Council
10 July 2024
In today’s episode, we’ll be talking to Olivier De Schutter, a Belgian legal scholar specialising in economic and social rights. The discussion today focuses on his recent submission to the UN Human Rights Council on eradicating poverty beyond growth.
3 July 2024
