Social Sector Office
McKinsey’s Social Sector Office helps the world’s leading organizations develop and scale up solutions to chronic, complex societal challenges. We work in more than 50 countries on six continents, carrying out hundreds of engagements a year on issues related to global health, economic development, education, philanthropy, and climate change.
Our mission is to bring an objective, fact-based approach to all of our work, accessing the best of McKinsey’s expertise in order to strengthen our clients' ability to deliver meaningful and sustainable change.
Featured Knowledge
The Business of Empowering Women
New research presents a case for why and how the private sector should intensify its engagement in the economic empowerment of women in developing countries.
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Charting our water future: Economic frameworks to inform decision-making
While meeting competing demands for water is a considerable challenge, this report provides greater clarity on the scale of that challenge and how it can be met cost effectively.
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The economic impact of the achievement gap in America's schools
New research finds that the education achievement gap imposes on the United States the economic equivalent of a permanent national recession.
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New Initiatives
Learning for social impact: Our approach to social impact assessment
This spring, we are launching Learning for Social Impact, a set of social impact assessment resources for funders and their grantees.
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