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Insight and inspiration on making the right choices for people and planet. We feature bold conversations with global leaders and innovators from government, businesses, community advocacy, foundations, and more who are charting a path for inclusive growth and sustainability. Hosted by Michael Green, CEO at Social Progress Imperative, we explore how the world must move beyond GDP metrics and economic growth to truly improve the social and environmental wellbeing of communities. ©Beyond GDP: The Social Progress Podcast is an essential listening for decision-makers ready to do things differently.
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We have been conditioned to believe that economic growth solves societal problems, but the numbers tell a very different story. Philip Schellekens, UNDP's Chief Economist for Asia-Pacific, and host Michael Green explore what the new Social Progress Index Time Series (data from 1990-2023) results mean for Asia-Pacific. They explain why some of Asia's fastest-growing economies lag in societal well-being while less-rich nations excel. Which countries lead in the Asia-Pacific subregions? Wh...
While global social progress surged steadily for decades, the last ten years have seen an alarming plateau, reveals the new edition of the Social Progress Index Time Series. Host Michael Green and Scott Stern, David Sarnoff Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, explore the newly released Index, which tracks long-term global societal well-being (1990-2023) beyond traditional economic measures. They analyze why some of the biggest economies are stalling on fundame...
What does it take for an idea to spread and shape entire systems? Every year, thousands of brilliant social innovations emerge, yet only a fraction manage to expand beyond their immediate surroundings. Why do so many promising solutions fail to scale? In this episode of the Beyond GDP podcast, host Michael Green invited Kieron Boyle, CEO of 100x Impact Accelerator and Professor for the Impact Economy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Together, they explore how ...
When we look at elections, the narrative usually centers on promises of transformation, economic expansion, or fresh starts. But what happens when an entire nation holds together not by alignment with a vision, but by a collective effort to keep the alternative out? This is the core dilemma defining the face-off between presidential candidates President Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, where voter rejection on both sides far outweighs genuine enthusiasm for a different future. In our lates...
When the Sustainable Development Goals were unveiled in 2015, they weren't designed for modest, step-by-step improvements. They required a massive, structural leap in how societies function. Over the past decade, tracking metrics beyond simple GDP has revealed that economic growth alone is failing to hit core benchmarks for social and environmental wellbeing. Gains in basic infrastructure like water, sanitation, and connectivity are hitting hard walls, while fundamental freedoms are sli...
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