Affiliation:
1. Department of Economic Policy and Regional Studies, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland
Abstract
The Western Balkan countries, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia, participate in the framework of
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations. In total,
there are 193 countries committed to fulfilling the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development, which was implemented in 2015. One of the seventeen
Sustainable Development Goals is to promote sustained, inclusive, and
sustainable economic growth and decent work for all. This goal is expressed
in the following indicators: employment and unemployment rates, people
killed in accidents at work, real GDP per capita, resource productivity, and
domestic material consumption. The aim of this paper is to analyze SDG 8 in
the Western Balkan economies. Since the Western Balkan countries are EU
candidates or potential candidates, comparing their performance with the EU
average is vital. The results show that although Western Balkan countries
have improved their performance, they still fall behind the EU average. They
should focus more on increasing their economic growth rates and providing
more sustainable workplaces. Therefore, future actions to be enhanced by the
economic policy in the Western Balkans should include the implementation of
legal facilitations for start-ups and other firms in order to boost the
stimulus for entrepreneurship, develop sustainable migration policy, and
promote stable forms of employment.
Publisher
National Library of Serbia
Subject
Urban Studies,Visual Arts and Performing Arts,Architecture
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