SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth
Goals
Goal 8.1
8.1 Maintain per capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances and, in particular, gross domestic product growth of at least 7 percent per year in the least developed countries.
Goal 8.2
8.2 Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological modernization and innovation, including by focusing on high value-added and labor-intensive sectors.
Goal 8.3
8.3 Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, the creation of decent jobs, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services.
Goal 8.4
8.4 Progressively improve global resource efficiency by 2030 and seek to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the Ten-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns, starting with developed countries.
Goal 8.5
8.5 By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value.
Goal 8.6
8.6 By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of young people who are not in employment, education or training.
Goal 8.7
8.7 Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end contemporary forms of slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including the recruitment and use of child soldiers and, by 2025, end child labour in all its forms.
Goal 8.8
8.8 Protect labour rights and promote a safe and risk-free working environment for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular migrant women and people in precarious employment.
Goal 8.9
8.9 By 2030, develop and implement policies aimed at promoting sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products.
Goal 8.10
8.10 Strengthen the capacity of national financial institutions to promote and expand access to banking, financial and insurance services for all.
Goal 8.a
8.a Increase support for the Aid for Trade initiative in developing countries, in particular least developed countries, including through the Enhanced Integrated Framework for Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries on Trade.
Goal 8.b
8.b By 2020, develop and implement a global strategy for youth employment and implement the International Labour Organization’s Global Jobs Pact.
