Can trade create jobs globally?

Published: Sept. 12, 2017, 12:41 a.m.

b'Win-Win\\u2014How International Trade Can Help Meet the Sustainable Development Goals was recently published by ADBI and edited by ADBI senior economist Matthias Helble and Ben Shepherd, principal at Developing Trade Consultants.\\n\\nThe book looks at what can be realistically achieved after the 2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, where some 150 world leaders adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including the Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs. \\n\\nThe 17 SDGs, also known as the Global Goals, aim to end poverty, hunger, and inequality; act on climate change and the environment; improve access to health and education; build strong institutions and partnerships; and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity.\\n\\nTwenty-five economists and analysts examined the UN goals in the real context of developing economies, picking apart such areas as poverty, hunger, the role of women, job creation, inequality, the environment and climate change, fisheries, food safety, education, health care, urbanization, and infrastructure.\\n\\nRead the transcript\\nhttp://bit.ly/2xfEZcL\\n\\nRead the book\\nhttps://www.adb.org/publications/win-win-how-international-trade-can-help-meet-sdgs\\n\\nEdited by\\nMatthias Helble, ADBI senior economist and co-chair of the Research Department\\nhttps://www.adb.org/adbi/about/staff-profiles/matthias-helble\\n\\nBen Shepherd, principal at Developing Trade Consultants\\n\\nKnow more about ADBI\\u2019s work on the Sustainable Development Goals\\nhttp://bit.ly/2xb7XuB'