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

Sovereign Wealth Fund Institute

SWFI Las Vegas NV USA G

Spa & Wellness Association of Africa

SWAA 2010 Port Louis Mauritius D

SPARC Europe

2004 Veenendaal Netherlands F

Spatial Econometrics Association

SEA C

Special Central American Agreement on the Equalization of Import Duties on Textiles Manufactured from Rayon or from other Artificial or Synthetic Fibres

1965 T g

Special Convention Relative to Economic Matters

1918 T g

Spirit of Enterprise Group

1991 Brussels Belgium G

spiritsEUROPE

1993 Brussels Belgium D t

SPMUDA International Organization for Peace and Development

SPMUDA International Dumaguete City Philippines G

Sri Agathiar Sanmaarga Charitable Trust

Turaiyur India G

SSE International Forum

2004 Paris France F c

Staff Association of the OECD

Paris France E v

Staff Council of the African Development Bank

1989 Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire E v

Staff Union of the International Labour Office

Geneva Switzerland E v

Staff Union of the International Training Centre of the ILO

ITCILO Staff Union Turin Italy G v

Staff Union of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

Staff Union-ESCWA 1975 Beirut Lebanon E v

Stamp Out Poverty

2002 London UK G y

STAND International

2007 Edinburgh UK G

Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation

COMCEC 1981 Ankara Türkiye E g

Standing Voice

London UK G

Starr International Foundation

SIF 2006 Zug Switzerland G f

Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries

SESRIC Ankara Türkiye E g

STAY GROUNDED

2016 Vienna Austria F

Steering Committee on Trade Capacity and Standards

CTCS Geneva Switzerland E gt

STEPS Centre

Falmer UK G

Stichting Gered Gereedschap

1982 Amsterdam Netherlands G f

Stichting Onderzoek Multinationale Ondernemingen

SOMO 1973 Amsterdam Netherlands G f

Stichting Vlamingen in de Wereld

1970 Brussels Belgium G

Stiftung Mercator

1996 Essen Germany G f

Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics

SITE 1989 Stockholm Sweden N j

Strategic Account Management Association

SAMA 1964 Chicago IL USA G

Strategic Management Society

SMS 1981 Chicago IL USA C v

Street Medicine Institute

SMI 2009 Ingomar PA USA N

StreetNet International

Durban South Africa C

Strømme Foundation

SF 1976 Kristiansand Norway G f

Students Helping Street Kids International

SHSKI 1997 Spencerville MD USA G

Study and Research Group on Democracy, Economic and Social Development in Africa

GERDDES-Africa 1990 Cotonou Benin F

Study Group on International Labor and Working Class History

SGILWCH 1972 New York NY USA G

STUF United Fund

2009 Flushing NY USA G f

Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission

SRFC 1985 Dakar Senegal E g

SUBMARINER Network for Blue Growth EEIG

SUBMARINER Network 2014 Berlin Germany F

SÜDWIND - Verein für Entwicklungspolitische Bildungs- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit

1979 Vienna Austria G

SumOfUs

2011 New York NY USA G

Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines

STICERD 1978 London UK N

Suomalaiset Kehitysjärjestöt

Fingo 2018 Helsinki Finland G

Suore di Gesù Redentore

1863 Fonte Nuova Italy R

Supplementary Agreement to the Application of the European Convention on Social Security

1972 Strasbourg France T g

Supply Chain Finance Community

SCF 2013 Zwolle Netherlands D

Surgicorps International

1994 Glenshaw PA USA N

Susila Dharma International Association

SDIA 1983 Québec QC Canada E y

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