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

Baltic Architects Unions Association

BAUA D

Baltic Fishermen's Association

BFA Fredericia Denmark D

Baltic Fishing Fleet State Academy

1966 Kaliningrad Russia G

Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance

BICG 2009 Vilnius Lithuania D j

Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies

BICEPS 2001 Riga Latvia G

Baltic Management Development Association

BMDA 2002 Kaunas Lithuania D y

Baltic Management Foundation

BMF 1992 Kaunas Lithuania F f

Baltic Nest Institute

BNI 2007 Stockholm Sweden E j

Baltic Sea Advisory Council

BSAC 2006 Copenhagen Denmark E y

Baltic Sea Forum

1992 Hamburg Germany F y

Baltic Sea Trade Union Network

BASTUN 1999 Stockholm Sweden F t

Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens

BKMC 2015 Vienna Austria E

Banana Link

1996 Norwich UK G

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior

BLADEX 1977 Panama Panama F et

Bank for International Settlements

BIS 1930 Basel Switzerland F g

Bank Information Center

BIC 1987 Washington DC USA G

Bank of the South

2007 J g

Bankers Association for Finance and Trade

BAFT 2010 Washington DC USA C t

Banking Association for Central and Eastern Europe

BACEE 1996 Budapest Hungary D

Banking With the Poor Network

BWTP Network Kenmore QLD Australia F

BankTrack

2003 Nijmegen Netherlands F fy

Banque centrale des Etats de l'Afrique de l'Ouest

BCEAO 1962 Dakar Senegal F gy

Banque de développement des Etats de l'Afrique centrale

BDEAC 1975 Brazzaville Congo Brazzaville F gy

Banque des Etats de l'Afrique centrale

BEAC 1972 Yaoundé Cameroon F g

Banque ouest africaine de développement

BOAD 1973 Lomé Togo F gy

Bantani Education

2017 Tervuren Belgium F

Baptist Mission Australia

1864 Hawthorn East VIC Australia G

BarefootLawyers International

1998 Berkeley CA USA G

Bariloche Foundation

1963 Bariloche Argentina G f

Basel Action Network

BAN 1997 Seattle WA USA F

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

BCBS 1974 Basel Switzerland E

Basic Income Earth Network

BIEN 1986 London UK F

Batey Relief Alliance

BRA 1997 Brooklyn NY USA G

BATIK International

1998 Paris France G

Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation

BIMSTEC 1997 Dhaka Bangladesh F g

Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organization

BOBP-IGO 2003 Chennai India E g

Beijer Institute - International Institute of Ecological Economics

1977 Stockholm Sweden G j

Belgian Corporation for International Investment

1971 Brussels Belgium G e

Belgian-Luxembourg Economic Union

BLEU 1921 Luxembourg Luxembourg F bg

Bellanet Alliance of Social Entrepreneurs

BASE 1995 Kampala Uganda E

BEMA - The Baking Industry Suppliers Association

1918 Overland Park KS USA G t

Bénédictines Adoratrices de Bellemagny

1851 Bellemagny France R

Benelux Association for Energy Economics

BAEE 1984 Amsterdam Netherlands E v

Benelux Union

1958 Brussels Belgium D g

BERAS International Foundation

2015 Järna Sweden F f

Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy

BRIE 1982 Berkeley CA USA N

Bernard van Leer Foundation

BvLF 1949 The Hague Netherlands G f

Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation

BRPF 1963 Nottingham UK F f

BETTER FINANCE

BF 2009 Brussels Belgium D

Bibliotheca Alexandrina Council of Patrons

2002 Alexandria Egypt E g

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