SDG8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
To the hundreds of millions of people in Asia with access to the web, online platforms have emerged as valuable tools for navigating this connected world. In sectors as diverse as finance, logistics, cross-border trade, talent acquisition, household services, and the traditional buying and selling of goods, online platforms are reshaping the way people interact and businesses operate. By 2020, over a billion people in the Asia-Pacific alone will be served by platforms. This paper provides a set of recommendations to policymakers, development actors, and regional and national leaders.
Get an introduction to the topic of urban sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals in this mini-series course. This course is offered free of charge by the SDG Academy.
Cities are a core component of the UN’s 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development. This free mini-series from the SDG Academy is a companion piece to its full-length Sustainable Cities course and also serves as a brief introduction to the topic of urban sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Danish Institute for Human Rights is an independent state-funded institution. Our mandate is to promote and protect human rights and equal treatment in Denmark and abroad.
Migration is an intrinsic part of rural development. Yet, there are major knowledge gaps regarding its drivers, dynamics and effects on rural areas. This e-learning course allows to understand the linkages between migration and rural development with a particular focus on youth. It also provides policy recommendations on how to maximize the positive impacts of rural migration and minimize the negative ones.
Audience
The target audience for this course includes:
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a set of aspirational ideas that build on a set of tangible targets and indicators that provide the bedrock on which these ideas can be achieved. The SDGs cover a vast array of social and scientific topics; some as diverse as womens’ rights, cities, economics etc. all with the intent of providing a roadmap towards a more sustainable world in the future. A way of interpreting the goals and making tangible links between the different goals, targets and indicators is the “inter-linkages” model.
The Stockholm Environment Institute is an international non-profit research and policy organization that tackles environment and development challenges.
The 2017 report discusses wastewater and explains how it can be harnessed and recreated as a resource. Key topics in the report include: (i) prevention or reduction of pollution at the source; (ii) wastewater collection and treatment; (iii) using wastewater as an alternative source of water; and (iv) the recovery of useful by products.
The 2016 report focusses on employment related to water, and the necessity of effective and sustainable management of the resource to ensure these jobs persist. The report discusses the main sources of employment that require water to be agriculture, forestry, fisheries, energy, resource-intensive manufacturing, recycling, building and transport. These sectors combined employee half of the global workforce, and thus adequate water management is critical. To ensure proper management, coordinated policies and investments are considered to be the most effective strategy.
The 2015 report encourages the need for sustainable water use since water is at the centre of sustainable development. Pressure for water resources is increasing, which has been met with unsustainable development strategies. Combined, these factors have negatively impacted the quality and availability of water resources.