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

Convention for the Conservation and Management of the Vicuña

 1979 T g

Convention for the Prohibition of Fishing with Long Driftnets in the South Pacific

 1989 T g

Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region

 Nairobi Convention 1985 Victoria Seychelles T g

Convention for the Regulation of Hours of Work in Automatic Sheet-glass Works

 1934 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention for the Regulation of the Meshes of Fishing Nets and the Size Limits of Fish

 1946 T g

Convention for the Regulation of Transit and Communications on the System of the Danube-Save-Adriatic Railway Company

 1923 T g

Convention for the Settlement of Certain Conflicts of Laws in Connection with Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes

 1930 T g

Convention for the Unification for the Law of Bills of Exchange and Cheques

 1912 T g

Convention for the Unification of Protective Laws for Workmen and Laborers

 1923 T g

Convention Internationale pour la Réglementation des Pêches en Mer du Nord

 1882 T g

Convention Limiting Hours of Work in Coal Mines, 1931

 1931 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Limiting Hours of Work in Coal Mines, 1935

 1935 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Limiting the Hours of Work in Industrial Undertakings to Eight in the Day and Forty-eight in the Week

 1919 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention of Economic Rapprochement

 1930 T g

Convention of Independent Financial Advisors

 CIFA 2001 Geneva Switzerland G f

Convention of Mutual Assistance in Respect of the Collection of the Turnover Tax, the Purchase Tax and other Similar Taxes

 1964 T g

Convention on Assistance in the Case of Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency

 1986 T gy

Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage Resulting from Exploration for and Exploitation of Seabed Mineral Resources

 1977 T g

Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident

 1986 T gy

Convention on Export of Guano, 1857

 1857 T g

Convention on fisheries and the conservation of living marine resources in the Black Sea

 1993 J gp

Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts

 Gdansk convention 1973 T g

Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas

 1958 T g

Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in North-East Atlantic Fisheries, 1980

 1980 T g

Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, 1978

 NAFO 1978 T g

Convention on International Financial Leasing

 1988 Rome Italy T g

Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects

 1995 Rome Italy T g

Convention on the Application of Standards of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance

 1974 T g

Convention on the Avoidance of Double Taxation on Personal Income and Property

 1977 T g

Convention on the Avoidance of Double Taxation on the Income and Property of Corporate Bodies

 1978 T g

Convention on the Ban of the Import of Hazardous Wastes into Africa and on the Control of Their Transboundary Movements within Africa

 Bamako Convention 1991 T g

Convention on the Conduct of Fishing Operations in the North Atlantic

 1967 T g

Convention on the Conservation and Management of Fishery Resources in the South-East Atlantic Ocean

 2001 T g

Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean

 2009 T g

Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean

 Pacific tuna convention 2000 T g

Convention on the Conservation and Management of Pollock in the Central Bering Sea

 1994 T g

Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

 CCAMLR 1980 Hobart TAS Australia T g

Convention on the Conservation of the Living Resources of the Southeast Atlantic

 1969 Rome Italy T g

Convention on the Declaration of Death of Missing Persons, 1950

 1950 T g

Convention on the Declaration of Death of Missing Persons, 1967

 1967 T g

Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property

 Paris, 1970 1970 Paris France T g

Convention on the Prevention of Major Industrial Accidents

 1993 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention on the Settlement by Arbitration of Civil Law Disputes Arising out of Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation Relationships

 1972 T g

Convention on the Stamp Laws in Connection with Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes

 1930 T g

Convention Providing a Uniform Law for Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes

 1930 T g

Convention Regarding Inheritance and the Settlement of the Devolution of Property

 1934 T g

Convention Regarding the Measurement and Registration of Vessels Employed in Inland Navigation

 1956 T g

Convention Regarding the Measurement of Vessels Employed in Inland Navigation

 1925 T g

Convention Respecting Conditions of Residence and Business and Jurisdiction

 1923 T g

Convention Respecting Reciprocity in the Granting of Benefits for Reduced Working Capacity

 1953 T g

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