Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all

Decent Work and Economic Growth


Goal 8 is about promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all.

Multiple crises are placing the global economy under serious threat. Global real GDP per capita growth is forecast to slow down in 2023 and with ever increasing challenging economic conditions, more workers are turning to informal employment.

Globally, labour productivity has increased and the unemployment rate has decreased. However, more progress is needed to increase employment opportunities, especially for young people, reduce informal employment and labour market inequality (particularly in terms of the gender pay gap), promote safe and secure working environments, and improve access to financial services to ensure sustained and inclusive economic growth.

The global unemployment rate declined significantly in 2022, falling to 5.4 per cent from a peak of 6.6 per cent in 2020 as economies began recovering from the shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. This rate was lower than the pre-pandemic level of 5.5 per cent in 2019.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

OpenStreetMap Foundation

2006 Cambridge UK F f

Operation Rainbow

1978 Oakland CA USA G

Operation USA

1979 Los Angeles CA USA G

Opportunity International

1979 Chicago IL USA F j

Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

2008 T g

ORA International

1981 Korbach Germany G

Orange-Senqu River Commission

ORASECOM Pretoria South Africa E g

OrchidMania

San Francisco CA USA N

Order of the Divine Redemption Missionaries

1968 Visciano Italy R

Order of the Servants of the Sick

Camillians 1582 Rome Italy R

Organisation du Sport Africain Travailliste et Amateur

OSTA 2001 Yaoundé Cameroon D

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OECD 1961 Paris France C g

Organisation Mondiale des Experts

OMEX Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire J

Organisation mondiale des experts-conseils-arbitres

OMECA 1992 Paris France G v

Organisation of African Trade Union Unity

OATUU 1973 Accra Ghana D yt

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States

OECS 1981 Castries St Lucia D g

Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States/Competitive Business Unit

OECS/CBU 1997 Roseau Dominica E g

Organisation pour l'Harmonisation en Afrique du Droit des Affaires

OHADA 1993 Yaoundé Cameroon D g

Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Gambie

OMVG 1978 Dakar Senegal D g

Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions

OBESSU 1975 Brussels Belgium E

Organización de Asociaciones y Empresas de Telecomunicaciones para América Latina

TEPAL 1992 Panama Panama D

Organización del Sector Pesquero y Acuicola del Istmo Centroamericano, Panama

OSPESCA La Libertad El Salvador D g

Organización Latino-Americana y del Caribe de Turismo

OLACT 2010 Mexico City Mexico D

Organización Latinoamericana de Administración

OLA 1984 D

Organization for Democracy and Economic Development

GUAM 1997 Kiev Ukraine E g

Organization for East Asia Economic Development

OEAED 1993 Kitakyushu Japan D

Organization for International Economic Relations

OiER 1947 Vienna Austria F

Organization for Investment, Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran

OIETAI 1975 Teheran Iran Islamic Rep G fg

Organization for Poverty Alleviation and Development

OPAD Stockholm Sweden G

Organization for the Promotion of Responsible Tuna Fisheries

OPRT 2000 Tokyo Japan D

Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries

OAPEC 1968 Safat Kuwait D g

Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation

BSEC 1992 Istanbul Türkiye F gy

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

OPEC 1960 Vienna Austria C g

Organization of Trade Unions of West Africa

OTUWA Abuja Nigeria J t

Orphelins du monde

ODM 1995 Paris France N

Orphelins Sida International

OSI 2000 Paris France G

Otto Benecke Foundation

OBF 1965 Bonn Germany G f

Out of the Box International

OTB Brussels Belgium J

Outreach Aid To The Americas

OAA 1994 Miami FL USA N

Outreach International

1979 Kansas City MO USA G

Overseas Development Institute

ODI 1960 London UK G j

Overseas Private Investment Corporation

OPIC 1971 Washington DC USA G eg

Oxfam Australia

1953 Carlton VIC Australia G f

Oxfam GB

1942 Oxford UK G

Oxfam Novib

1956 The Hague Netherlands G

Pacific Asian Consortium for International Business Education and Research

PACIBER 1988 Denver CO USA F

Pacific Asian Management Institute, Hawaii

PAMI Honolulu HI USA G j

Pacific Basin Economic Council

PBEC 1967 Kowloon Hong Kong E

Pacific Charter: Southeast Asia Collective Defence Treaty

Manila pact 1954 T g

Pacific Economic Cooperation Council

PECC 1980 Singapore Singapore F y

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