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1 month ago | 
countercurrents.org | Phil Pasquini |Olivier De Schutter |William D. Hartung
On Friday, March 7 all tuberculosis (TB) related health activities were terminated in Pakistan and elsewhere as a result of President Trump’s January 20 executive order ending the $44 billion funding of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and State Department projects for 90 days. The proclamation also called for all foreign service officers (FSO) in Pakistan to be placed on administrative leave.
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2 months ago | 
euobserver.com | Olivier De Schutter |Andrew Rettman
Two senior Nato personalities have said Russian or Chinese control of strategic ports posed a potential threat in the current climate, as a Russian tycoon fights to keep hold of a key Greek facility — the Port of Thessaloniki. "We, the Americans, don't see eye-to-eye with either Russia or China right now, in fact we consider them as adversaries ... When you ...
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
datanoticias.com | Olivier De Schutter
BRUSELAS/YORK – Según una encuesta de Ipsos realizada en 2018, el 27% de los encuestados a nivel mundial afirmó que la salud mental era uno de los mayores problemas de salud. Cuando se repitió la encuesta este año, esa cifra había aumentado al 45%, y la salud mental superó al cáncer y la obesidad como principal preocupación.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
project-syndicate.org | Olivier De Schutter
As the gap between rich and poor has widened in many advanced economies, individuals have increasingly valued themselves and others in terms of material wealth. This has fueled a race to the top that is leaving more people than ever anxious and depressed – and more concerned about their mental health than about cancer or obesity.
BRUSSELS/YORK – According to an Ipsos poll conducted in 2018, 27% of global respondents said that mental health was one of the biggest health problems.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
qoshe.com | Olivier De Schutter
BRUSSELS/YORK – According to an Ipsos poll conducted in........
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
nexusnewsfeed.com | Olivier De Schutter
The burnout economy: poverty and mental health: Summary report
by Olivier de SchutterSocial protection schemes should be implemented to the fullest extent possible, without excessive targeting or conditionalities. Universal basic income schemes should be seriously considered, and pilots carefully evaluated, given their role in providing economic security and predictability. Read the full two-page summary report by clicking here.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
context.news | Olivier De Schutter |Kate Raworth
Global consensus in UN’s Pact for the Future to measure progress ‘beyond GDP’ a huge win in the fight against poverty Olivier De Schutter is U.N. Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights & Kate Raworth is senior associate at Oxford University and author of "Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think like a 21st Century Economist." 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...
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Olivier De Schutter
Economic growth will bring prosperity to all. This is the mantra that guides the decision-making of the vast majority of politicians, economists and even human rights bodies. Yet the reality – as detailed in a report to the United Nations Human Rights Council this month – shows that while poverty eradication has historically been promised through the “trickling down” or “redistribution” of wealth, economic growth largely “gushes up” to a privileged few.
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Nov 10, 2023 | 
republic.gr | Olivier De Schutter
The link between being employed and escaping poverty is not as straightforward as one would hope. Low wages are keeping one in five workers trapped in poverty across the globe. In Africa, nearly 55 per cent of workers live in poverty, 6.3 million people are classified as ‘working poor’ in the United States, and 8.5 per cent of workers are considered ‘at risk of poverty’ in the European Union. In other words, having a job is not the route out of poverty it once was.
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
ips-journal.eu | Olivier De Schutter
The link between being employed and escaping poverty is not as straightforward as one would hope. Low wages are keeping one in five workers trapped in poverty across the globe. In Africa, nearly 55 per cent of workers live in poverty, 6.3 million people are classified as ‘working poor’ in the United States, and 8.5 per cent of workers are considered ‘at risk of poverty’ in the European Union. In other words, having a job is not the route out of poverty it once was.
