Transformed Economies, Better Jobs, Shared Wealth (EDD's lab concept note)

Transformed Economies, Better Jobs, Shared Wealth.
Can we do it?

Challenging the call for a transformative agenda in the SDGs in the face of economic policy, theory and reality

This high-level panel, organized by the European Commission-DEVCO B3, discusses the real implications beyond the rhetoric of the call made in SDGs literature calling for a transformative post-2015 agenda. The questions we asked the panellists and the public to reflect upon were, the following:

• What is meant by transformation and what does it mean for developing countries?
• What form could this transformation take in the globalised world of today?
• What does it mean in terms of opportunities for Decent Work and of the proposed Sustainable Development Goal 8 ‘inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all’?