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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Publications
Working paper, November 2014

Post-2015 and the Global Governance of Education and Training

Michel Carton
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Publications
Working paper, August 2018

Soft vs hard governance for labour and environmental commitments in trade agreements: comparing the US and EU approaches

Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
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Research
Research project in progress

African Futures: Digital Labor and Blockchain Technology

Filipe Calvao
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Events
22 April, 2021

Towards Work in 2030: Virtual Expert Work on Platforms

Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
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News
1st October 2020

Capitalism, COVID-19… and then?

Global Governance Centre
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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
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Events
29–30 April 2021

YOUTH THINKING AHEAD 2021 – The Future of Work

Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
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News
21st October 2021

Work in transition: which implications for democracy?

Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy and Filipe Calvao
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News
14th October 2021

Teaching ESG, not as easy as ABC

Centre for Finance and Development
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Events
8 December, 2020

Promoting Circularity in Transition Economies: The Role of Trade and Economic Cooperation

Centre for Trade and Economic Integration
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News
15th May 2019

Digital Work in the Global South

Filipe Calvao
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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