Economics and Culture (Jun 2020)

Assessment of the Sustainable Economic Development Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth in G20 Countries

  • Lapinskaitė Indrė,
  • Vidžiūnaitė Silvija

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/jec-2020-0011
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 1
pp. 116 – 125

Abstract

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Research purpose. The importance of sustainable development, the need to achieve sustainable economic development that does not harm the environment, conserve natural resources or exacerbate tensions in society has been increasingly discussed over the last decade. The purpose of the research is to evaluate the economic growth and decent work environment in G20 countries during 2013–2018 as G20 countries are the fastest growing countries in the world, and their economy describes the major part of the global economy.

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