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https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs
SDG-08 decent work and economic growth
Roughly half the world’s population still lives on the equivalent of about US$2 a day with global
unemployment rates of 5.7% and having a job doesn’t guarantee the ability to escape from poverty in many places.
This slow and uneven progress requires us to rethink and retool our economic and social policies aimed at
eradicating poverty.
A continued lack of decent work opportunities, insufficient investments and under-consumption lead to an erosion
of the basic social contract underlying democratic societies: that all must share in progress. Even though the
average annual growth rate of real GDP per capita worldwide is increasing year on year, there are still many
countries in the developing world that are decelerating in their growth rates and moving farther from the 7%
growth rate target set for 2030. As labor productivity decreases and unemployment rates rise, standards of
living begin to decline due to lower wages.
Sustainable economic growth will require societies to create the conditions that allow people to have quality
jobs that stimulate the economy while not harming the environment. Job opportunities and decent working
conditions are also required for the whole working age population. There needs to be increased access to
financial services to manage incomes, accumulate assets and make productive investments. Increased commitments
to trade, banking and agriculture infrastructure will also help increase productivity and reduce unemployment
levels in the world’s most impoverished regions.
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Aurora Universities Network (AUR); René Otten (VUA); Eike Spielberg (UDE); Felix Schmidt (UDE); Maurice Vanderfeesten (VUA); Alessandro Arienzo (UNA); Roberto delle Donne (UNA); Ignasi Salvadó Estivill (URV); José Luis González Ugarte (URV); Didier Vercueil (UGA); Nykohla Strong (UAB); Eike Spielberg (UDE); Linda Hasse (UDE); Ane Sesma (UEA); Baldvin Zarioh (UIC); Friedrich Gaigg (UIN); Nicolien van der Grijp (VUA); Yasin Gunes (VUA);
Eike Spielberg (UDE); Peter van den Besselaar (VUA)
2020-06-30
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http://metadata.un.org/sdg/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
8.1.1
Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita
( "economic" W/3 "growth*" ) W/3 ("per capita" OR "sustain")
( "economic" W/3 "growth*" ) W/3 ( "develop* countr*" OR "least developed countr*" OR "small island*" )
( "growth*" ) W/3 ( "gross domestic product" OR "GDP" )
2
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/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
8.2.1
Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person
( "economic productivity" )
("economic" ) AND ( "productivity" ) AND ( "diversif*" OR "upgrad*" OR "innovat*" )
( "growth*" ) W/3 ( "gross domestic product" OR "GDP" )
3
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/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
8.3.1
Proportion of informal employment in non‑agriculture employment, by sex
( "decent job" ) OR ( "decent work" ) OR ( "job creat*" ) OR ( "quality job*" )
( "develop*" ) W/3 ( ( "product* activit*" ) OR ( "labor produc*" ) OR ( "entrepreneurship" ) )
( "informal*" ) W/3 ( "employment*" )
4
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/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
8.4.1
Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP
8.4.2
Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material
consumption per GDP
( "resource efficiency" )
( "material*") W/3 ("footprint*" )
( "domestic") W/3 ("material*") W/3 ("consumption*" )
5
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/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
8.5.1
Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age and persons with
disabilities
8.5.2
Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
( "full employment" ) OR ( ( "equal pay*" ) W/3 ( "work*" ) )
( "decent job" ) OR ( "decent work" )
( "hourly earning*" )
( "equal*" OR "inequal*" ) W/3 ( "pay*" ) W/3 ( "work*" )
( "wage*" ) W/3 ( "gap" OR "differen*" )
( "unemployment rate*" ) W/3 ( "sex" OR "gender" OR "age" OR "disability" )
6
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/8.6
By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment,
education or training
8.6.1
Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training
( ( "youth" OR "young people" ) W/3 ( "employ*" OR "unemploy*" ) )
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http://metadata.un.org/sdg/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
8.7.1
Proportion and number of children aged 5‑17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age
( "force* labo*" ) OR ( "modern slavery" ) OR ( "human* traffic*" ) OR ( "child* labo*" )
OR ( "child* slavery" ) OR ( "child* traffick*" ) OR ( "child* work*" )
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http://metadata.un.org/sdg/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
8.8.1
Frequency rates of fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries, by sex and migrant status
8.8.2
Increase in national compliance of labour rights (freedom of association and collective bargaining)
based on International Labour Organization (ILO) textual sources and national legislation, by sex
and migrant status
( "labour right*" ) OR ( "labor right*" )
( "safe" OR "secure" ) W/3 ( "work* environment*" )
( "occupational injur*" ) W/3 ( "rate*" OR "frequen*" )
( "international labor organization" )
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http://metadata.un.org/sdg/8.9
By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that
creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
8.9.1
Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP and in growth rate
8.9.2
Number of jobs in tourism industries as a proportion of total jobs and growth rate of jobs, by sex
("sustaina*") W/3 ("tourism")
( "GDP" OR "Gross Domestic Product" ) W/3 ( "tourism" )
( "job*" ) W/3 ( "tourism" )
10
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/8.10
Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and
expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all
8.10.1
Number of commercial bank branches and automated teller machines (ATMs) per 100,000 adults
8.10.2
Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a bank or other financial institution
or with a mobile-money-service provider
( "micro-financ*" ) OR ( "microfinanc*" )
"access" W/3 ( "financial service*" OR "banking" OR "insurance*")
a
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/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
8.a.1
Aid for Trade commitments and disbursements
((("trad*") W/3 ("support*" OR "assist*" OR "aid")) AND ( "develop* countr*" OR "least developed countr*" ))
( "aid for trade" )
b
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/8.b
By 2020, develop and operationalize a global strategy for youth employment and
implement the Global Jobs Pact of the International Labour Organization
8.b.1
Total government spending in social protection and employment programmes as a proportion of the
national budgets and GDP
( "Global Jobs Pact" )
( "strateg*" OR "polic*" ) AND ( ( "youth" OR "young people" ) W/3 ( "employ*" OR "unemploy*" ) )
( "social protection" OR "employment program*" ) AND ( "GDP" OR "Gross Domestic Product" )
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