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Goal 8

DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH

Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all

Roughly half the world’s population still lives on the equivalent of about US$2 a day. And in too many places, having a job doesn’t guarantee the ability to escape from poverty. This slow and uneven progress requires us to rethink and retool our economic and social policies aimed at eradicating poverty.

Target 8.1. Sustainable Economic Growth

Sergio Arango

Colombia

Gregory Van Kirk

Guatemala

Eleonora Voltolina

Italy

Minhaj Chowdhury

Bangladesh

Jonathan Mativo

Kenya

Asher Hasan

United States

Abu Taleb Talukder

Bangladesh

Hisham El Roubi

Egypt

Wichoksak Ronnarongpairee

Thailand

Ricardo Soto Sulca

Peru

Sanjeev Kumar

India

Myungsook Seo

South Korea

Rezaul Haq

Bangladesh

Edgar Cahn

United States

Timothy Carpenter

United States

Erie Sudewo

Indonesia

Hannarong Yaowalers

Thailand

Joaquim de Melo Neto Segundo

Brazil

Katherine Freund

United States

Witoon Permpongsacharoen

Thailand

Target 8.2. Diversify, innovate and upgrade for economic productivity

Marcus Bitencourt

Brazil

Jonathan Mativo

Kenya

Ricardo Soto Sulca

Peru

Madison Ayer

Kenya

Amol Goje

India

Alexandro Silva Chaves

Brazil

Eleonora Voltolina

Italy

Jordan Kassalow

United States

Iwan Saktiawan

Indonesia

Francisco Mendes

Brazil

Douglas Racionzer

South Africa

Yemdaogo Emmanuel Kaboré

Burkina Faso

Pierre Rabhi

France

Jane Weru

Kenya

Tarak Kate

India

Mark Swift

United Kingdom

Dr. U. Jaikumaran

India

Vijay Uttarwar

India

Lumber Andrada

Uruguay

Jose María Luzárraga Monasterio

Spain

Target 8.3. Promote policies to support job creation and growing enterprises

Khalid Alkhudair

Saudi Arabia

Ben Powell

United States

Lucas Simons

Netherlands

Sena Alouka

Togo

Diego Carvajal

Argentina

Aminata Diallo

Burkina Faso

Christophe Dunand

Switzerland

Alejandro Marius

Venezuela

Adriana Barbosa

Brazil

Yvonnick Huet

France

Enrique Gustavo Gennuso

Argentina

Mario Molteni

Kenya

Greta Lucero Ríos Téllez Sill

Mexico

Karen Mattison

United Kingdom

Angie Ferrazzini

Argentina

Norbert Kunz

Germany

Andre Dupon

France

Matthieu Le Grelle

Belgium

Frédéric Simonart

Belgium

Mark Swift

United Kingdom

Target 8.4. Improve resource efficiency in consumption and production

Sue Riddlestone

United Kingdom

Marcus Bitencourt

Brazil

Vivek Gilani

India

María Almazán

Spain

Jessica Schreiber

United States

Julien Noé

France

Madan Rai

Nepal

Ishita Khanna

India

Aparna Banerjee

India

Jyoti Sharma

India

Nelson Kariuki

Kenya

Alexandro Silva Chaves

Brazil

Mayo Itzel Suárez Román

Mexico

Joaquim de Melo Neto Segundo

Brazil

Guillermo Monteforte Bazzarello

Mexico

Vincent Legrand

France

Thiago Ackel Mundano

Brazil

Geert van der Veer

Netherlands

Joachim Körkel

Germany

Target 8.5. Full employment and decent work with equal pay

Victoria Shocrón

Argentina

Khalid Alkhudair

Saudi Arabia

Albert Mollah

Bangladesh

Preeda Limmontakul

Thailand

Viera Zahorcova

Slovakia

Fredrick Ouko

Kenya

Laszlo Jakubinyi

Hungary

Dana Migaliova

Lithuania

Raúl Lucero

Argentina

Luis Ignacio Quintana

Mexico

Shudarson Subedi

Nepal

Isabella Lenarduzzi

Belgium

Ireneusz Białek

Poland

Gregor Demblin

Austria

Ana Luisa Arocena

Uruguay

Narong Patibatsarakich

Thailand

S. Sankara Raman

India

Sueli Camargo de Mattos

Brazil

María José Cabezudo

Paraguay

Lisette Reuter

Germany

Target 8.6. Promote youth employment, education and training

Janet Longmore

Canada

Theresa Michael

Nigeria

Maged Hosny

Egypt

Miguel Rosales Ruiz

Venezuela

Ali Raza Khan

Pakistan

Aakash Sethi

India

Lane Benjamin

South Africa

Zhihan Lee

Philippines

Sena Alouka

Togo

Jonathan Mativo

Kenya

Fredrick Ouko

Kenya

Charlie Howard

United Kingdom

Eleonora Voltolina

Italy

Ejaj Ahmad

Bangladesh

Kelly Davies

United Kingdom

Diego Carvajal

Argentina

Enrique Gustavo Gennuso

Argentina

Salah Arafa

Egypt

Florian Zech

Germany

Jose María Luzárraga Monasterio

Spain

Target 8.7. End modern slavery, trafficking, and child labour

Kailash Satyarthi

India

Hasina Kharbhih

India

Harendra De silva

Sri Lanka

Chid Liberty

Nigeria

Siriwan Vongkietpaisan

Thailand

Scott Stiles

Hong Kong

Eleonora Voltolina

Italy

Derek Ellerman

United States

Dilip Banerjee

India

Dame Esther Rantzen

United Kingdom

Paramita Banerjee

India

Rana Sengupta

India

Magdy Aziz

Egypt

Enakshi Ganguly

India

Brenda Eheart

United States

Ricardo Soto Sulca

Peru

Paul Hogan

Sri Lanka

Luh Ketut Suryani

Indonesia

Leonardo Sakamoto

Brazil

Katerina Thorova

Czech Republic

Target 8.8. Protect labour rights and promote safe working environments

Eleonora Voltolina

Italy

Kailash Satyarthi

India

Lillian Keene-Mugerwa

Uganda

Nazma Akhter

Bangladesh

Scott Stiles

Hong Kong

Rana Sengupta

India

Susan Steinman

South Africa

Somboon Srikhamdokkae

Thailand

Leonardo Sakamoto

Brazil

Matthieu Le Grelle

Belgium

Frédéric Simonart

Belgium

Brenda Moore

Liberia

Rodrigo Calcagni

Chile

Sandrino Graceffa

Belgium

Brendan Tobin

Peru

Magdy Aziz

Egypt

Kousalya Periasamy

India

Vladimiro Valdés Montoya

Mexico

Gijs Spoor

India

Aniceto Guterres Lopes

East Timor

Target 8.9. Promote beneficial and sustainable tourism

Somsak Boonkam

Thailand

Mauricio Martinez Miramontes

Mexico

Esteban Torbar

Venezuela

Cecilia Zanotti

Brazil

Epifanio Pacheco Calvimontes

Bolivia

Manoj Bhatt

India

Thaise Guzzatti

Brazil

Rui Barbosa da Rocha

Brazil

Guilherme Souza

Brazil

Katyna de la Vega

Mexico

Maria Baryamujura

Uganda

Luis Felipe Cesar

Brazil

Catalina Ruiz

Nicaragua

Anna Zucchetti

Peru

María de los Ángeles Carvajal

Mexico

Jean Elaine Burns Stuck

Mexico

Diego Carvajal

Argentina

Handojo Tjandrakusuma

Indonesia

Vitória da Riva Carvalho

Brazil

Mara Bergmane

Latvia

Target 8.10. Universal access to banking, insurance and financial services

Brett Matthews

Canada

Brian Richardson

South Africa

José Quiñonez

United States

Juan Padilla

Argentina

José Dualok Rojas Ortiz

Costa Rica

Masril Koto

Indonesia

Faisel Rahman

United Kingdom

MIGUEL DUHALT

Mexico

Alou Keita

Mali

Matthew Lee

United States

Lily Lapenna

United Kingdom

Ramesh Kumar

India

Salomón Raydan

Venezuela

Monish Anand

India

Bruce Cahan

United States

Jason Potts

Canada

Falk Zientz

Germany

Timothy Jenkin

South Africa

Olga Yaneth Bocarejo Buitrago

Colombia

Edgar Cahn

United States

Target 8.A. Increase aid for trade support

Jose Maria Gonzalez Perez

Spain

Wole Daini

Nigeria

Wendy Pekeur

South Africa

Enrique Gustavo Gennuso

Argentina

Gijs Spoor

India

Safura Begum

Bangladesh

Gustavo Alanis

Mexico

Rakawin Leechanavanichpan

Thailand

Patrick Gathitu

Kenya

Ron Layton

United States

Roland Martins

India

Manikkam Shankar

India

Ashila Mapalagama

Sri Lanka

Maria Pakpahan

Indonesia

Nancy Kgengwenyane

Botswana

Shafqat Munir Ahmad

Pakistan

Somboon Srikhamdokkae

Thailand

Pregaluxmi Govender

South Africa

Gemma Galdon

Spain

Manuel García Espinoza

Mexico

Target 8.B. Develop a global youth employment strategy

Janet Longmore

Canada

Maged Hosny

Egypt

Helen Samuels

Mexico

Latif Mbengue

Senegal

Sue Riddlestone

United Kingdom

Brett Matthews

Canada

Manoel Johnson Sales

Brazil

Ilya Yacevich

Kenya

Dennis Karpes

Netherlands

Daphne Nederhorst

Canada

Florian Zech

Germany

Samy Gamil

Egypt

Noa Lodeizen

Netherlands

Egídio Guerra de Freitas

Brazil

Manon Barbeau

Canada

Dana Mortenson

United States

Diane Pereira Sousa

Brazil

Jose María Luzárraga Monasterio

Spain

Megan Mukuria

Kenya

Karl-Henrik Robert

Sweden