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

Public Services International

PSI 1907 Ferney-Voltaire France B y

Public-Private Alliance Foundation

PPAF 2007 Hastings-on-Hudson NY USA G f

Publish What You Pay Coalition

PWYP London UK F

PV CYCLE Association

2007 Brussels Belgium J

PYXERA Global

1990 Washington DC USA G

Qadiriya

R

Qorus

1971 Paris France D

Quadrilateral Group of Industrialized Economies

Quad Group F gt

Quaker United Nations Office

QUNO 1926 Geneva Switzerland E

Questscope

London UK F

Quincy Jones Listen Up Foundation

G f

r3.0

Berlin Germany F

Rainbow Warriors International

RWI 1995 Oranjestad Aruba E

Rainforest Action Network

RAN 1985 San Francisco CA USA F

Rainforest Alliance

1987 New York NY USA C

RAND Corporation

1948 Santa Monica CA USA G

Re-Use and Recycling European Union Social Enterprises

RREUSE 2001 Brussels Belgium D

Reach Out WorldWide

ROWW Burbank CA USA N

Reall

1989 Coventry UK G

Receivables Management Association International

RMA 1997 Sacramento CA USA N

RECHARGE

1998 Brussels Belgium F

Recommendation Complémentaire à la Convention Concernant la Sécurité dans L'utilisation des Produits Chimiques au Travail

1990 T g

Recommendation Complémentaire à la Convention Concernant le Travail de Nuit

1990 T g

Records and Information Management Practitioners Alliance Global

RIMPA Global 1969 Burleigh QLD Australia G t

Red de Acción en Plaguicidas y sus Alternativas de América Latina

RAP-AL 1983 Santiago Chile E

Red de Bolsas Agropecuarias de las Américas

INTERBOLSAS 2001 Coronado Costa Rica K

Red de Mujeres de Autoridades Maritimas de Latinoamérica

Red-MAMLa 2017 J

Red de Mujeres Latinoamericanas y del Caribe en Gestion de Organizaciones

Women in Management 1998 F

Red de Trabajadoras Sexuales de América Latina y el Caribe

REDTRASEX 1997 Asunción Paraguay D

Red Eurolatinoamericana de Analisis de Trabajo y Sindicalismo

RELATS J

Red Interamericana de Alto Nivel Sobre Descentralización, Gobierno Local y Participación Ciudadana

RIAD 2001 Washington DC USA F g

Red Interamericana de Fundaciones y Acciones Empresariales para el Desarrollo de Base

RedEAmérica 2002 Bogota Colombia F

Red Latinoamericana de Desarrollo de Capacidades para la Gestión Integrada del Agua

LA-WETnet Buenos Aires Argentina F

Red Latinoamericana de Documentación e Información en Administración Pública

REDIAP Caracas Venezuela K

Red Latinoamericana de Recicladores

Red Lacre J

Red Latinoamericana de Socio-Economia Solidaria

Red LASES 1999 Buenos Aires Argentina F

Red Latinoamericana sobre Deuda, Desarrollo y Derechos

LATINDADD Lima Peru D

Red Regional de Organizaciones Civiles para las Migraciones

RROCM 1996 San José Costa Rica F y

redEtis

Buenos Aires Argentina E

REDILPES

Santiago Chile K g

RedR International

1980 Tiverton UK F

Refugee Council

1951 London UK F y

Refugee Empowerment International

REI 1979 Tokyo Japan G

Refugee Hub Europe

Brussels Belgium J

Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford

RSC 1982 Oxford UK G

ReGeneration 2030

Mariehamn Finland F

Regional Agreement on the Temporary Importation of Vehicles by Highway

1956 T g

Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development

RCMRD 1975 Nairobi Kenya E g

Regional Centre on Urban Water Management

Cali Colombia G g

Regional Centre on Urban Water Management, Teheran

RCUWM 2002 Teheran Iran Islamic Rep E gy

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