At the Graduate Institute, more than ten professors, researchers and students work on SDG 8. Their work ranges from academic courses on work, labour and practice, to research projects, such as a project examining skills development policies and Information Communication Technologies, as well as academic and policy-oriented publications and events. We also offer an Executive Master in Development Policies and Practices.

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Events
26 September, 2019

Participatory Resource Management, Elite Capture and Local Livelihoods: Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia

Maison de la Paix
Centre for International Environmental Studies
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Events
24 September, 2019

The ILO @ 100: Addressing the Past and Future of Work and Social Protection

Maison de la Paix
Christophe Gironde and Velibor Jakovleski
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Events
17 November, 2022

Lagging Behind: Understanding the Slow Progress of Implementing Trans, Non-binary, and Gender Non-conforming Workers’ Rights at the UN in Geneva

Maison de la Paix
Gender Centre
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Events
22 November, 2016

The health workforce: a good investment

Geneva / Global
Michaela Told
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816
Events
14 October, 2021

A Keynote Address and Conversation with Ambassador Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative

Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
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News
1st May 2020

COVID-19 and Export Bans: How to Avoid a Historical Blunder

Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
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Events
5 May, 2020

The Digital Marketplace and Development

Maison de la Paix
Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
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Research
Research project in progress

The Needs of Workers and their Families in Ethiopia’s Textile and Garment Sectors

Oliver Jütersonke, Alexandre Freire and Centre on Conflict, Development & Peacebuilding
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Events
4 December, 2020

The Future of Work Summit

Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
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All SDGs
Publications
Journal article, January 2016

Accelerating achievement of the sustainable development goals

Ilona Kickbusch
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Research
PhD thesis in progress

Three Essays on Financial Inclusion and Financial Development in Colombia

Mauricio Pinzon
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Publications
Report, 2020

The role of the State in the exercise of transnational public and private authority over labour standards

Global Governance Centre
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Goal 8 aims to sustain economic growth, while at the same time making it inclusive and sustainable. The UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform places the focus in its progress report on “increasing labour productivity, reducing the unemployment rate, especially for young people, and improving access to financial services and benefits are essential components of sustained and inclusive economic growth”. Read more about Goal 8

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Target 8.1

Sustain per capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances and, in particular, at least 7 per cent gross domestic product growth per annum in the least developed countries

Target 8.2

Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors

Target 8.3

Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services

Target 8.4

Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production, with developed countries taking the lead

Target 8.5

By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value

Target 8.6

By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training

Target 8.7

Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms

Target 8.8

Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment

Target 8.9

By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products

Target 8.10

Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all

Target 8.a

Increase Aid for Trade support for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, including through the Enhanced Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries

Target 8.b

By 2020, develop and operationalize a global strategy for youth employment and implement the Global Jobs Pact of the International Labour Organization