Sustainable Development Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Click on the case studies below to find out what programs, projects and policies are being implemented in cities around the globe to accomplish Goal 8.
Learn more about the targets and indicators of SDG 8 at UN Sustainbale Development Knowledge Platform.
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The project’s objective is to implement a farming nucleus and satellite agricultural sites to generate urban jobs and skill-building.
Local economic development, participatory urban upgrading and environmental rehabilitation are the three pillars of the strategy
The Youth Violence Prevention plan brought together stakeholders to draft a multi-faceted strategy.
The strategy aimed at improving governance to foster sustainable urban development in a context of weak institutional capacities.
The objective of the UAP is to implement a participatory process of production, transformation, and commercialisation to improve food supply
Micro-gardening is a form of soilless horticultural production undertaken in small urban spaces, and contributes to the fight against food insecurity in Dakar.
The programme showed significant results in poverty reduction and creating employment.
Inhabitants of a former informal settlement are supplied with clean water, sewage, and waste disposal.
The Global Learning Village is a concept, which aims at establishing smarter, healthier and better connected communities
