SDG #8: Decent work and economic growth

What is holding back the implementation of the 2030 Agenda? Insights from the CDP by Diane Elson Development is a disruptive process

Genetic technologies?the ability to manipulate and transform the properties of cells, seeds, microbes, insects, plants, animals and even humans?are pushing the frontiers of science and offers us new hope for disease control and cure. Genetic technologies are changing the way we produce food, improving crop yield and preventing catastrophic losses from droughts, floods and pests.

Experience has shown that it is not possible to empower people and to reduce household income inequality without addressing how incomes are generated in the production process and how this affects the so-called factor income inequality (the distribution of national income between rents from land, capital income and labour income).

Many developed and developing economies take an easier monetary policy stance VAT increase in the Russian Federation temporarily adds to inflation Argentina imposes price controls to curb inflation

Report of the Committee for Development Policy (E/2019/33, Supplement No. 13)

2019 Monitoring reports for Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Vanuatu

Addressing youth employment remains a policy challenge, especially in Africa In North America, central banks pause interest rate rises despite tight labour markets Shortage of young workers prompts Japan to relax immigration policies

11 - 15 March 2019 at UN Headquarters in New York, USA

Growing demand for leveraged loans may pose a new global financial risk; surge in African sovereign external bond issuance raises concern; China?s recent policy easing may further increase the domestic debt level