Six hundred cities—the City 600—are projected to generate more than 60 percent of global growth to 2025. Within this group, companies need to adjust their strategy to include the 577 fast-growing "middleweight cities."more
By pursuing a more concentrated urbanization path guided by action to boost urban productivity, China's local and national policy leaders would minimize the pressures and maximize the economic benefits of urban expansion.more
China’s cities are booming. Intelligent policies could make the good effects prevail over the bad ones. China's dramatic economic growth is intensifying the challenges of urban policy.more
Over the next two decades China is expected to transition from an investment-led to more of a consumption-led economy. MGI research finds that as this rebalancing occurs, a massive middle class will emerge.more
McKinsey Quarterly—Explore the cities and emerging urban clusters that will drive dramatic growth and demographic changes over the next generation.more
McKinsey Quarterly—Over the next 15 years, 400 cities that most executives have never heard of will power global growth. This narrated slideshow explores them.more
of GDP growth in Latin America that will come from 280 large citiesmore