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Proposed goal 8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all Targets proposed under Goal 8 are fully relevant to LRGs as employment and economic development are at the core of their responsibilities in many countries. Therefore, urban/rural disaggregation is necessary to facilitate the adequate implementation of policies in a multilevel intervention framework. Furthermore, as the economic dimension has not been taken into consideration in the current formulation of the urban goal (SDG 11), seeking cross-cutting synergies between the two goals is crucial. The set of indicators that we are proposing focus on targets 8.3 and 8.9. However, the proper implementation of others, as those focusing in informal jobs (8.5) and youth (8.6), will require reliable local data. UN Habitat (City Prosperity Index, 2014) proposes to “localize� the following index in urban areas: city product per capita, economic specialization, employment to population ratio, informal employment, unemployment rate, youth unemployment and women in workforce. Target 8.3. Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises including through access to financial services (a) Dimensions to be measured: - Pro-business institutional framework and policies - Decent job creation - Level of Informal economy - Level of corruption - Access to financial services (b) Proposed indicators: Proposed indicators 1. Annual net employment creation rate (formal, informal, gender, age, urban, rural) (%)
Possible alternative indicators
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Estimated share of informal economy (own account and contributing family workers ILO definition) over the GDP in urban and rural areas
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Average time for new business registration at all level of administrations (including local level)
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Business and investors' perception on Government Integrity / prevalence of corruption practices at all levels
Informal employment ratio (UN Habitat, CPI, 2014)
Comments (Linkages, disaggregation and sources) Linkages: 11 Disaggregation by: TBD Sources: Proposed by UNSDSN (TBD Linkages: 11 Disaggregation by: Economic sector, urban / rural (TBC ILO KILM data is not disaggregated on the web database by rural/urban0 Sources: ILO Linkages: Disaggregation by: Economic sector, urban / rural TBD (not readily available). Only for selected countries there is data at the regional and city level (for some cities only) Sources: Doing Business (WB) Linkages: Goal 16 Disaggregation by: Economic sector, urban / rural. Disaggregation not available. Sources: Transparency International Corruption Perception Index (CPI); World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (Control of Corruption); Global Integrity country scores