Decent Work and Economic Growth: JCU Kicking (Sustainable Development) Goals


Decent Work and Economic GrowthThe eighth Sustainable Development Goal the United Nations hopes to see achieved in our lifetime is Decent Work and Economic Growth. The aim is to create a future in which we "Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all".

JCU has a number of researchers working in the fields of Sustainability, Sustainable LivelihoodsBusiness Performance, Small Business, EntrepreneurshipDeveloping Countries and Emerging Economies.


One of our Singapore-based researchers and lecturers is Dr Emiel Eijdenberg, who has a strong research focus in entrepreneurship in developing countries.

Dr Eijdenberg is particularly interested in the personal attributes of entrepreneurs and how these attributes are related to the sustainable growth of their businesses.

For research and consulting projects, Dr Eijdenberg has secured in collaboration with others significant amounts of funding from multiple organisations and is involved as an expert for short and long-term assignments in, amongst others, Ethiopia, Burundi, Oman, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

You can see his full list of publications since joining JCU in ResearchOnline.




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