Achieving UN Sustainable Development Goal 8: Economic Growth and Decent Work For All (Hardcover, 1)

Part I: Introduction 1. The potential for academia to contribute to achievement of SDG 8 (Lotta Dellve, Sharon Fonn, Gunnar Kohlin) Part II: Syntheses of research 2. Economic growth in different parts of the world (Ola Olsson and Pelle Ahlerup) 3. Implementing policies for decent work and economic growth: A critical review (Stefan Tengblad, Henric Rhedin, Carl Wenstrom, Andreas Wallo, Lars Kullman) 4. Drivers of resource efficiency (Thomas Sterner) 5. Full employment ? senior workers (Ewa Wikstrom, Robin Jonsson) 6. Full employment - young adults (Gunnar Gillberg, Hanna Uddback) 7. Child Labor: Challenges and ways forward (Heather Congdon Fors) 8. Safe work environments: Target 8.8 and its indicators regarding inequalities in occupational disorders and rights of compensation for migrant workers (Lotta Dellve, Helena Stensota, Anna-Carin Olin, Helena Sanden) 9. Sustainable tourism (Chiara Rinaldi, Jim Ayorekire, Erik Lundberg) Part III: Capacity building [Can be adapted to fit the size of the book.] 10. Universities’ roles in society to meet global goals (Pam Fredman) 11. Education to meet the targets of decent work (Ulrike Bollman & Johannes Siegrist) 12. Bringing innovation and entrepreneurship into the academic heartland of universities (Mats Lundqvist, Karen Williams-Middleton, Yashar Mansoori, Anmar Kamaladin) 13. Academic capacity needs to implement SDG 8 ? an assessment (Edwin Muchapondwa and Erik Sterner) 14. Academic structures and incentives for research to make a difference (Lotta Dellve, Sharon Fonn, Gunnar Kohlin)