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Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

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Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all;

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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;

  • Productive activities, decent jobs, access to financial services largely archived

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;

  • Eradicate forced and child labour largely archived

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;

  • Sufficient capacity of financial institutions and services largely archived
  • Access to banking, insurance and financial services largely archived
Last updated on 2023-03-15.
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