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

Caribbean Association of Small and Medium Enterprises

CAMSE 2005 Kingston Jamaica D

Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation

CBC 1963 Bridgetown Barbados G

Caribbean Business and Investment Support Network

CARIBISNET 2006 Bridgetown Barbados F

Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance

1995 St Augustine Trinidad-Tobago E

Caribbean Chamber of Commerce in Europe

CCCE 2019 Brussels Belgium E t

Caribbean Community

CARICOM 1973 Georgetown Guyana D gy

Caribbean Congress of Labour

CCL 1960 Nassau Bahamas F

Caribbean Council of Higher Education in Agriculture

CACHE 1997 St Augustine Trinidad-Tobago E

Caribbean Development Bank

CDB 1969 St Michael Barbados F g

Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency

CDEMA 1991 St Michael Barbados F g

Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation

CARILEC 1988 Castries St Lucia F

Caribbean Employers' Confederation

CEC 1960 Port-of-Spain Trinidad-Tobago D

Caribbean Export Development Agency

Caribbean Export 1996 St Michael Barbados F eg

Caribbean Family Planning Affiliation

CFPA 1971 F

Caribbean Financial Services Corporation

CFSC St Michael Barbados F ey

Caribbean Fisheries Training and Development Institute

CFTDI 1974 Chaguaramas Trinidad-Tobago E gj

Caribbean Fishery Management Council

CFMC 1976 San Juan Puerto Rico F g

Caribbean Food Crops Society

CFCS 1963 Mayagüez Puerto Rico D v

Caribbean Group of Banking Supervisors

CGBS 1983 E g

Caribbean Herbal Business Association

CHBA Port-of-Spain Trinidad-Tobago D

Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association

CHTA 1959 Fort Lauderdale FL USA D

Caribbean Knowledge Management Centre

CKMC 1977 Port-of-Spain Trinidad-Tobago E g

Caribbean Marine Protected Areas Management Network

CaMPAM 1997 Marathon FL USA G

Caribbean Philanthropy Network

CPN 2003 St Thomas Virgin Is USA D

Caribbean Recycling Foundation

CRF 1994 Palm City FL USA N f

Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism

CRFM 2003 Belize City Belize F gy

Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity Foundation

CARMABI Foundation 1955 Willemstad Curaçao G fj

Caribbean Shipping Association

CSA 1971 Kingston Jamaica D

Caribbean Society of Hotel Association Executives

CSHAE 1985 Coral Gables FL USA D

Caribbean Technological Consultancy Services Network

CTCS Network 1985 St Michael Barbados K

CARICOM Single Market and Economy

CSME 2002 St Michael Barbados F g

Caritas Asia

1973 Bangkok Thailand F y

Caritas Australia

1964 Sydney NSW Australia G

Caritas Europa

1985 Brussels Belgium E

Caritas in Veritate Foundation

Chambésy Switzerland F f

Caritas International, Belgium

1948 Brussels Belgium G

Caritas Internationalis

CI 1950 Vatican City Vatican B y

Caritas Internationalis - Africa Region

1960 Lomé Togo E

Caritas para la Cooperación Internacional - Caritas Española

Madrid Spain G

Carlos Slim Foundation

1986 N f

Carmelite Sisters of Charity, Vedruna

1826 Rome Italy R

Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus

1891 Sittard Netherlands R

Carnegie Bosch Institute

CBI 1990 Pittsburgh PA USA N j

Carnegie Corporation of New York

1911 New York NY USA G

CartONG

2006 Chambéry France F

Casa Alianza

1981 Mixco Guatemala G

Caspian Economic Cooperation Organization

CECO J gp

Catalyst 2030

2020 Haarlem Netherlands J y

Catholic Central Agency for Development Aid

1962 Aachen Germany G

Catholic Office for Emergency Relief and Refugees

COERR 1978 Bangkok Thailand G

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