SDG #8: Decent work and economic growth

Despite unemployment remaining above pre-pandemic levels, advanced economies are confronted with labour shortages. Ageing population, migration patterns, low wages and concerns about workplace safety explain the phenomenon.

Development strategies that focus solely on urban development and leave rural communities behind are not adequate to overcome the development challenges we face.

Achieving SDG 1 by 2030, will require extraordinary efforts by countries, both individually and collectively.

The landscape of capacity building for SDG implementation appears fragmented. There likely is untapped potential for cross-fertilization of capacity-building initiatives.

Postponing census-taking will have adverse impact on assessing the effects of national development policies due to lack of granular census statistics in the 2020?s

There is a trend of broadening and deepening institutionalization of the 2030 Agenda. Yet institutionalization at the country level remains a work in progress ? with many countries still putting in place or adjusting parts of their institutional systems for SDG implementation.

The October Monthly Briefing takes a closer look at the results of the most recent bank lending survey by the European Central Bank (ECB), which provides some insights into the shape of economic activity in the euro area.

Unilateral economic measures as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries (A/76/310)

Integrated policy-making has been critical in responding effectively to the pandemic, and will be paramount in post-COVID recovery to realize the Sustainable Development Goals.