SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS 8: TRABAJO DECENTE Y CRECIMIENTO ECONÓMICO |
“Investments in infrastructure are essential to achieve sustainable development”
To build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation.
- Basic infrastructure, such as roads, information and communication technologies, sanitation, electricity and water, remains in short supply in many developing countries.
- In developing countries, only 30% of agricultural production undergoes industrial processing. In high-income countries, 98% is processed. This suggests that there are great opportunities for developing countries in agribusiness.
- For many African countries, especially in lower-income countries, infrastructure constraints affect business productivity by about 40%.
- Once the acute phase of the COVID-19 crisis is over, governments will need to invest more than ever in infrastructure in order to accelerate economic recovery, create jobs, reduce poverty and stimulate productive investment.
- The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the urgent need for resilient infrastructure. The Asian Development Bank notes that the region’s critical infrastructure remains far from adequate in many countries, despite the rapid economic growth and development the region has experienced over the past decade.
- Don’t throw things away, donate them. Buying new electronics is inevitable, but many times the ones we don't need are in good condition.
- Give away your old working devices or recycle them so that certain components can be recovered.
- Keep up to date with the latest technologies and innovation
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS 10: REDUCCIÓN DE LAS DESIGUALDADES |
