Research
Research project in progress

Increasing trust in the bank to enhance savings: Experimental evidence from India

Gilles Carbonnier
89
Events
28 July, 2021

E-Commerce Terminology for Trade Policy Negotiators

Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
810
Events
24 June, 2021

Data disrupts trade: Exploring innovative solutions

Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
Events
14 April, 2022

Lithium Mining in Indigenous Territories

Centre for International Environmental Studies
News
29th August 2023

Green and Digital Futures: Enabling Youth For ‘Just Transitions’

Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
38
News
2nd April 2020

The future of work in the post-Covid-19 digital era

Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
8
Events
4 December, 2020

The Future of Work Summit

Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
58
Events
15 March, 2018

Jobs that Work for Women. How Does The Rural Labour Market Shape Gender Relations?

Maison de la Paix, Geneva
Gender Centre
38
Events
3 June, 2022

Medical Countermeasures and Trade in Essential Goods and Services

Global Health Centre
38
Publications
Book chapter, 2018

The relationship between health employment and economic growth

Jean-Louis Arcand
8
Events
2 March, 2023

The quest for social justice in a rapidly changing world of work

Maison de la Paix
Eric Degila
8
Events
11 April, 2019

How to Shape a Future that Works – Transforming the global response to the future of work

Maison de la Paix
Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
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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