SDG-8: Decent Work and Economic Growth [PDF]
In 2022, the UK faces a range of economic challenges – notably inflation and the cost of living crisis. This evolving context overshadows some of the detailed analysis of strategies and policies below. The central pillars of SDG 8, though – economic growth that is environmentally sustainable and inclusive, secure employment, and decent work – remain ...
Sinan Kufeoglu
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SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth – A gendered analysis [PDF]
SDG 8 calls for promoting ‘sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all’. Even as it highlights the importance of labour rights for all, it also makes visible some significant tensions. We note, for example, that despite many critiques of narrow economic measures of growth, the focus here ...
Shirin M, Kanchana N Ruwanpura
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SDG 8 : Decent Work and Economic Growth [PDF]
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Xu, Zhun, Chakraborty, Shouvik
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From “Decent work and economic growth” to “Sustainable work and economic degrowth”: a new framework for SDG 8 [PDF]
AbstractThe sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) have successfully raised awareness and built momentum for taking collective action, while also remaining uncritical of the central causes of the environmental crises – economic growth, inequality, and overconsumption in the Global North.
Halliki Kreinin, Ernest Aigner
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Decent work, financial inclusion, and economic growth: Analysis under the SDG 8 [PDF]
We investigate the potential influence of decent work and financial inclusion on economic growth, aligning our analysis with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG 8). Analyzing a diverse set of 26 low-income, 20 middle-income, and 15 high-income countries, we utilize a dynamic fixed-effect panel data approach and apply the Generalized ...
Chokri Zehri +4 more
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We investigate the potential influence of fair employment practices and financial inclusion on economic growth, focusing on aligning our analysis with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG 8). Our study encompasses various countries, including 26 low-income, 20 middle-income, and 15 high-income nations. Utilizing a dynamic fixed-effect
Chokri Zehri
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Analysing trade-offs and synergies between SDGs for urban development, food security and poverty alleviation in rapidly changing peri-urban areas: a tool to support inclusive urban planning [PDF]
Transitional peri-urban contexts are frontiers for sustainable development where land-use change involves negotiation and contestation between diverse interest groups.
Butcher, Bradley +6 more
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A Regional Socio-Economic Life Cycle Assessment of a Bioeconomy Value Chain [PDF]
A bioeconomy tackles sustainable development at both the global and regional levels, as it relies on the optimized use of renewable bio-based resources for the provisioning of food, materials, and energy to meet societal demands.
Bezama, Alberto +4 more
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The sustainable development effects of investment by emerging-market multinationals: Shaping beneficial outcomes for home and host country [PDF]
Emerging-market multinational enterprises (EMNEs) play an increasingly important role as investors in developing economies. When certain conditions are met, their foreign investment can contribute to host-country progress towards the Sustainable ...
Hendriks, G. (Guus)
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The purpose of this research is to provide information about circular solutions for decent work economic growth which includes lessons from SDG 8. However, the circular economy is a promising approach to achieving sustainable development, by decoupling ecomonic growth from resource depletion and environmental degradation.
Sri Kurnia +4 more
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