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

International Advocacy and Resource Centre on the Human Rights of Migrant Workers

December 18 Merelbeke Belgium G

International Agency for Economic Development

IAED 1990 New York NY USA G

International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness

IAPB 1975 London UK B

International Agreement Relating to the Exportation of Bones

1929 T g

International Agreement Relating to the Exportation of Hides and Skins

1928 T g

International Agri-Food Network

IAFN 1996 F y

International AIDS Economics Network

IAEN 1993 Fountain Hills AZ USA F

International AIDS Empowerment

IAE 1997 El Paso TX USA G

International Alert

1986 London UK F

International Alliance for Human Resources Research

IAHRR Toronto ON Canada N

International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories and Canada

IATSE 1893 New York NY USA G v

International Alliance of Women

IAW 1902 Cointrin Switzerland B

International Amalgamation of Unions of Automobile and Farm Machinery Workers

IAUAFMW Moscow Russia D

International and European Forum of Migration Research

2001 Turin Italy G

International Art Collective

IAC 2005 Dallas TX USA N

International Artist Managers' Association

IAMA 1954 London UK C y

International Assistance Mission

IAM 1966 Kabul Afghanistan N

International Association for Applied Econometrics

IAAE Cambridge UK C

International Association for Archaeological Research in Western & Central Asia

ARWA 2020 D

International Association for Bear Research and Management

IBA 1968 Warba MN USA D

International Association for Business and Society

IABS 1990 Provo UT USA D

International Association for Citizenship, Social and Economics Education

IACSEE 1994 Glasgow UK D

International Association for Continuing Engineering Education

IACEE 1989 Atlanta GA USA B y

International Association for Energy Economics

IAEE 1977 Cleveland OH USA C v

International Association for Feminist Economics

IAFFE 1992 D

International Association for Genetics in Aquaculture

IAGA 1985 Lugo Spain E c

International Association for Green Energy

IAGE Waterloo ON Canada J

International Association for Human Resource Information Management

IHRIM Chevy Chase MD USA N

International Association for Integration, Dignity and Economic Advancement

IDEA 1994 Seneca Falls NY USA D

International Association for Management of Technology

IAMOT 1992 Coral Gables FL USA F

International Association for Monitoring and Quality Assurance in the Total Food Supply Chain

MoniQA 2011 Gussing Austria C

International Association for Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management

IAPSAM Boise ID USA C

International Association for Promoting Geoethics

IAPG 2012 Rome Italy C

International Association for Research in Economic Psychology

IAREP 1982 Leeds UK D

International Association for Research in Income and Wealth

IARIW 1947 Ottawa ON Canada C y

International Association for Soaps, Detergents and Maintenance Products

1995 Brussels Belgium D yt

International Association for the Advancement of Modelling and Simulation Techniques in Enterprises

AMSE 1980 Tassin-la-Demi-Lune France F

International Association for the Distributive Trade

1952 Brussels Belgium C t

International Association for the Economics of Beer and Brewing

Beeronomics Society 2009 Leuven Belgium C

International Association for the Economics of Participation

IAFEP 1978 Frederiksberg Denmark F

International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience

IAESTE 1948 Luxembourg Luxembourg C y

International Association for the Study of Forced Migration

IASFM 1994 Toronto ON Canada C

International Association for Tourism Economics

IATE 2007 Wellington New Zealand C

International Association for Worksite Health Promotion

IAWHP 2009 Indianapolis IN USA N

International Association Language and Business

IALB 1972 D

International Association of Advanced Materials

IAAM 2010 Ulrika Sweden C

International Association of Applied Psychology

IAAP 1920 Indianapolis IN USA B v

International Association of Aquaculture Economics and Management

IAAEM 1993 C

International Association of Bicentenary Family Companies

The Henokiens 1981 C

International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers

1896 Washington DC USA G

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