SDG #8: Decent work and economic growth

UN DESA Policy Brief No. 146: Why safe, orderly and regular migration matters for sustainable development
Respecting, protecting and fulfilling the human rights of all migrants, regardless of their migration status, benefit migrants and countries alike. Addressing the adverse drivers and structural factors that hinder people from building and maintaining sustainable livelihoods in their own countries and communities can reduce the pressure to migrate.
World Economic Situation and Prospects: January 2023 Briefing, No. 168
It is crucial for central banks to maintain a ?nominal anchor? to stabilize inflation expectations. Currently, exchange rate targeting, monetary aggregate targeting, and inflation targeting are used as nominal anchors.
UN DESA Policy Brief No. 145: On the importance of monitoring inequality in life expectancy
Financing and enhancing statistical capacity for high-quality, timely and reliable disaggregated data in developing countries, is essential to better understand and respond to inequalities in life expectancy.
UN DESA Policy Brief No. 144: Moving Beyond GDP and Achieving Our Common Agenda with Natural Capital Accounting
With the climate and biodiversity crises raging, Our Common Agenda stresses the urgent need to go beyond GDP, including through country implementation of the SEEA.
World Economic Situation and Prospects: December 2022 Briefing, No. 167
Governments, households, and firms across Europe are grappling with the energy and cost-of-living crisis. The recent decline in natural gas prices has, however, fuelled hopes that massive gas shortages, rationing, and industrial shutdowns can be avoided.
UN DESA Policy Brief No. 143: Caregiving in an ageing world
Rethinking approaches to long-term care will benefit today?s older persons and those who care for them, but also future generations of older persons. Countries should consider a more equitable, person-centred approach to care, operating across governments, businesses, civil society, communities and households to address needs in the provision of both formal and informal care.
UN DESA Policy Brief No. 142: Old-age poverty has a woman?s face
An agenda on gender equality aimed at reducing women?s poverty, including in old age, should promote women?s labour market participation and decent work, ease their care burden and improve women?s pension coverage as well as pension adequacy.
UN DESA Policy Brief No. 141: A just green transition: concepts and practice so far
A globally just transition requires international support for developing countries that takes into account their? realities, capacities, and priorities. Greening measures and strategies shouldn?t push people in other countries behind.
UN DESA Policy Brief No. 140: A World of 8 Billion
Wealthy countries and the international community should support sustainable development in low-income and lower-middle-income countries by providing the necessary technical and financial assistance so that their economies can grow rapidly using technologies that minimise environmental harms.