Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
Given the focus of the 2030 Agenda on people, the economic growth needs to be more sustainable and inclusive, in order to generate a meaningful impact on human development. Thus, SDG 8 addresses the needs of women and men, youth, disabled, and labour migrants and envisages the key instruments and mechanisms for achieving people-centred economic growth: labour productivity as a key means to increase real wages, along with competitiveness, business diversification and innovation; jobs that are decent, well-paid and equally paid, secure and formal; as well as a robust financial sector for larger access to financing. Higher resource efficiency in production and consumption, which aims to decouple the economic growth from environmental degradation, will make economic prosperity and jobs generation environmentally sustainable. |
| Results of indicators nationalization SDG 8
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Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all |
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| Goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all | |
GLOBAL TARGETS 2019 | GLOBAL INDICATORS 2019 |
| NATIONAL TARGETS 2017* | NATIONAL INDICATORS 2017* |
8.1 Sustain per capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances and, in particular, at least 7 per cent gross domestic product growth per annum in the least developed countries | 8.1.1 Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita |
| 8.1 Sustain per capita economic growth and, in particular, a GDP growth of at least 3% per year | 8.1.1 Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita |
8.2 Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors | 8.2.1 Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person |
| 8.2 Stimulate the growth of economic productivity at higher rate compared to the real wage growth, through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors, defined as top-priority sectors by the Investment Attraction and Export Promotion Strategy 2016-2020 ((1) agriculture and food industry; (2) automotive industry; (3) business services especially Business Process Outsourcing (BPO); (4) clothing and footwear industry; (5) electronics industry; (6) Information and Communication Technologies; and (7) production of machinery and its parts). | 8.2.1 Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person (comparable prices) |
8.3 Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services | 8.3.1 Proportion of informal employment in non‑agriculture employment, by sex |
| 8.3 Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services | 8.3.1 Proportion of informal employment in non‑agriculture employment, by sex |
8.4 Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10‑Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, with developed countries taking the lead | 8.4.1 Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP |
| 8.4 Improve progressively, through 2030, resource efficiency in consumption and production to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation. | 8.4.1 Material footprint, material footprint per capita, and material footprint per GDP |
| 8.4.2 Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP |
| | 8.4.2 Domestic material consumption, domestic material consumption per capita, and domestic material consumption per GDP |
8.5 By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value | 8.5.1 Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age and persons with disabilities |
| 8.5 By 2030, align the employment rate to the average value in Central and Eastern Europe, and stimulate productive employment, decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and ensure equal pay for work of equal value. | 8.5.1 Gender-based salary disparity, by occupation, age, sex and persons with disabilities |
| 8.5.2 Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities |
| | 8.5.2 Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities |
8.6 By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training | 8.6.1 Proportion of youth (aged 15–24 years) not in education, employment or training |
| 8.6 By 2030, align the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training, to the average value in Central and Eastern Europe, in conditions of sustainable and inclusive development. | 8.6.1 Proportion of youth (aged 15-24 years) not in education, employment or training |
8.7 Take immediate and effective measures to eradicate forced labour, end modern slavery and human trafficking and secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour, including recruitment and use of child soldiers, and by 2025 end child labour in all its forms | 8.7.1 Proportion and number of children aged 5–17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age |
| 8.7 Eradicate forced labour, child labour and end human trafficking. | 8.7.1 Proportion and number of children aged 5‑17 years engaged in child labour, by sex and age |
8.8 Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers, including migrant workers, in particular women migrants, and those in precarious employment | 8.8.1 Frequency rates of fatal and non-fatal occupational injuries, by sex and migrant status |
| 8.8 Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments for all workers. | 8.8.1 Frequency rates of occupational injuries, total ‰, by sex |
| 8.8.2 Level of national compliance with labour rights (freedom of association and collective bargaining) based on International Labour Organization (ILO) textual sources and national legislation, by sex and migrant status |
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8.9 By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism that creates jobs and promotes local culture and products | 8.9.1 Tourism direct GDP as a proportion of total GDP and in growth rate |
| 8.9 By 2030, devise and implement policies to promote sustainable tourism, that encourages the implementation of public-private partnerships, develops the capacities of the local government in this field and, respectively, creates jobs and promotes local culture and products | 8.9.1 Share of tourism in the GDP |
| 8.9.2 Proportion of jobs in sustainable tourism industries out of total tourism jobs |
| | 8.9.2 Proportion of persons employed in tourism industries out of total employed population, by sex |
8.10 Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all | 8.10.1 (a) Number of commercial bank branches per 100 000 adults and (b) number of automated teller machines (ATMs) per 100 000 adults |
| 8.10 Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all | 8.10.1.1 Number of commercial bank branches per 100,000 adults (18+)* |
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| | 8.10.1.2 number of automated teller machines (ATMs) per 100,000 adults (18+) |
| 8.10.2 Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a bank or other financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider |
| | 8.10.2.1 Proportion of adults (15 years and older) with an account at a bank |
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| | 8.10.2.2 Bank accounts per 100 000 population, by types |
8.a Increase Aid for Trade support for developing countries, in particular least developed countries, including through the Enhanced Integrated Framework for Trade-related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries | 8.a.1 Aid for Trade commitments and disbursements |
| Not examined | 8.b.1 Public expenditures for social protection programs and creating jobs, reported to the national budget |
8.bBy 2020, develop and operationalize a global strategy for youth employment and implement the Global Jobs Pact of the International Labour Organization | 8.b.1 Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for youth employment, as a distinct strategy or as part of a national employment strategy |
| Not examined | |
Note:
* Nationalized targets, nationalized indicators and statistical data presented under this heading are taken from the Report "Nationalization of indicators for SDG" and Adapting the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development to the context of the Republic of Moldova elaborated by Expert-Grup in collaboration with the Government of the Republic of Moldova and UN Moldova in 2017 and presents the situation at that time. Currently, the next stage of revising the nationalized indicators is taking place, thus, some indicators can be revised or supplemented later.
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