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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28 September–2 October 2020

Geneva Trade Week

Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
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15 March, 2018

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

Maison de la Paix, Geneva
Gender Centre
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22nd April 2021

A new economic model for Cuba?

Yanina Welp and Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy
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Academic courses

Advanced Development Macroeconomics: Empirical Research

Martina Viarengo
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11th September 2023

Introducing the Trade and Labour Programme

Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
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7 May, 2019

Digital Work in the Global South: Challenges and Opportunities

Maison de la Paix
Filipe Calvao
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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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14th January 2019

How Can Energy-Pricing Reforms Be Socially Sustainable?

Centre for Trade and Economic Integration and Tom Moerenhout
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15th May 2020

Economics in the Time of COVID-19

Ugo Panizza
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21 September, 2022

Rethinking the Agency of “Governed” Subjects

Maison de la Paix
Global Governance Centre and Isabel Pike
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22 April, 2021

Towards Work in 2030: Virtual Expert Work on Platforms

Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
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25 June, 2020

Global Economic Prospects: Pandemic and Crisis

Centre for Finance and Development and Ugo Panizza
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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