​Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all

KEY WORDS: economic growth; sustainability; employment; economics; inclusivity; depression; economic market; robust economy;  inflation; labour force; labour market; forced labour; slave labour; sweatshops; labour rights; human trafficking; entrepreneurship

Questions

Here are some questions to help stimulate your thinking about this Goal:
  • What are the major factors that affect a country's economy?
  • Which countries in the world have the greatest foreign debt?
  • ​What are some of the ways that third world countries get financial support from other countries?
  • ​When is a country considered to be in an economic depression?
  • What is inflation and how does it affect a country's economy?
  • What does the term global economy mean?
  • ​What are primary, secondary and tertiary industries?
  • Which industries support the economy in your own country?