Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
TARGETS
- 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
- Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors
- 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
- 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
- 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
- By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training
- 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
- 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
- By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products
- Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all
- 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
- By 2020, develop and operationalize a global strategy for youth employment and implement the Global Jobs Pact of the International Labour Organization
Resources
- 2018 Innovation Webinar: Building a Culture of Best Practice Around Water
- The Sustainability and Citizenship Networks of Porto Alegre and story of Chocolatão
- MAIS IDH Action Plan
- Winning from Second
- We Are All Porto Alegre
- Urban Governance in Asia Pacific
- Participatory democracy and inclusion – Porto Alegre
- Balancing the macro with the micro in Soweto – Orlando East and the challenges of building a local economy
- Social-Economic Development Peñalolén, Chile
- Micro-business, economic development and equity – Querétaro, Mexico
- Turkey striving for sustainability through ‘Women Friendly Cities’
- Food Security and Transformation – Medellin, Colombia
- Sustainable Futures – Cape Town, South Africa
- Cities for the Future
- Milwaukee Water Technology District Economic Investment Analysis
- Social action for food and nutrition security in Paraná
- Democratizing, urbanizing and globalizing urban agriculture in the USA’s ‘Rust Belt’
- Urban agriculture systems – transforming the lives of people in informal settlements
Actions
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Building a Better World Through Water Partnerships
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Melbourne hosts New Urban Agenda Conference
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Maranhão state and the Port of Itaqui work to combat poverty and inequity
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Parque Agroindustrial de Base Tecnológica de Colombo
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Municipalities in Paraná and São Paulo come together for sustainable tourism
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New livelihoods for the community of Vila Santa Teresinha
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Water, Electricity and Citizenship for Vila Santo André
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Maringá – Leading-level Brazilian city engages citizens and civil society
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Social Inclusion Project for Vila Chocolatão
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El Cinturón Verde Metropolitano – Medellin
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Sustainable Development Goals
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Porto Alegre reviews its Sustainability and Citizenship Networks
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Goods Procurement Framework
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Leeuwarden: Building the European Water Technology Hub through partnerships and innovation
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Rosslyn Strategic Development Project
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Rotorua racing towards sustainability
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Intern’s economic analysis proves value of business clusters for SD
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A transformative vision for a better world – the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
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Our ‘Cities for the Future’
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Consultations and Case Studies – Responsible Business Best Practice – Land, Construction & Real Estate Sector
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Leeuwarden – Innovating through Water
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The call to unite on an Urban Sustainable Development Goal
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Partnering with the Pan American Federation of Architects Associations
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The Transformation of Chocolatão