No time to waste–transforming challenges into opportunities for sustainable leadership
CHRISTOPH NEDOPIL, GLORIA GE AND DIAN TJONDRONEGORO | There is no time to waste. As we finalised the Griffith Asia Pacific… Read More
SDG 8 Decent work and economic growth
Worldwide, labour productivity has risen, and unemployment rates have fallen. Nevertheless, further advancements are essential to boost job prospects, particularly for youth, minimise informal employment, address labour market disparities (like the gender pay gap), ensure safe working conditions, and enhance financial service access for enduring and inclusive economic growth.
Griffith University is aligned with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and committed to tackling global challenges around SDG 8 decent work and economic growth. Below are some of our outputs supporting this goal.
Living with uncertainty in Pacific island countries: Where to turn?
PETER DIROU, LUKE FORAU AND PARMENDRA SHARMA | 30 MINUTE READ | Download PDF Introduction A phrase that captures… Read More
Rethinking fiscal policy to finance SDGs in South Asia
MOHD AVI HOSSAIN AND IYANATUL ISLAM | 20-MINUTE READ | Download PDF Introduction The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2007-2009 and COVID-19 of… Read More
Unpacking the impact of China’s economic policy uncertainty on Asian stock markets
XIAOYUE CHEN, BIN LI, TARLOK SINGH AND ANDREW WORTHINGTON | As China cements its position as an economic leader in Asia,… Read More
Resilience and challenges: A decade of insights from the Pacific Islands Export Survey
LUKE HOUGHTON | For the past decade, the Pacific Islands Export Survey, conducted biennially by Pacific Trade Invest (PTI) with support from the Pacific Islands… Read More
Empowering Pacific entrepreneurs: Building a resilient ecosystem for innovation
SHAWN HUNTER, SAMEER DESHPANDE, RON BEVACQUA , JEFF LIEW AND PETER MORGAN | Small-scale enterprises play a pivotal role in the… Read More
Driving economic resilience: Pacific Trade Invest’s decade of progress
LUKE HOUGHTON | Download PDF Citation: Houghton, Luke, 2024, Driving economic resilience: Pacific Trade Investment’s decade of progress, Griffith Asia Institute,… Read More
Enhancing the ecosystem for entrepreneurship and innovation in the Pacific
SHAWN HUNTER, SAMEER DESHPANDE, RON BEVACQUA , JEFF LIEW AND PETER MORGAN | Download PDF Citation: Hunter, Shawn, Deshpande, Sameer,… Read More
Bubble trouble: Why speculation in China’s commodity market affects the world
JOHN FAN AND NEDA TODOROVA | Commodity price bubbles can have a huge impact on economies, but what exactly causes them? In simple… Read More
Driving economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region through digital financial inclusion
DANANJANI BASNAYAKE, ATHULA NARANPANAWA, SAROJA SELVANATHAN AND JAYATILLEKE S BANDARA | In recent years, digitalisation has become a key driver of financial… Read More
