"Time to Act for SDG 8: Integrating Decent Work, Sustained Growth and Environmental Integrity", 10 July 2019

This report presents a detailed analysis of Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG 8)... of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development...

Despite isolated pockets of achievement, progress towards SDG 8 is slowing down in many areas of the world. An urgent acceleration of efforts is required to bring about transformative change in support of SDG 8 in its three dimensions of sustained, inclusive, and sustainable growth...

The performance of countries in terms of achieving sustained economic growth is highly uneven...

The available data for measuring progress in this dimension of SDG 8 show that the prevalence of child labour has declined at the global level, but that without radical action, it will not be eradicated by 2025, the year fixed by the relevant target under SDG 8...

The report proposes a number of key policy interventions that can help speed up progress towards SDG 8... [and] concludes that it is essential to speed up progress towards SDG 8. To that end, a comprehensive and integrated policy agenda is required that takes into account the dynamic interlinkages between SDG 8 and other Goals...