Urbanization

Combined amount growing cities could inject into the global economy by 2025

Urban world: Cities and the rise of the consuming class

June 2012—The speed and scale of urban growth today is astounding. MGI explores the urbanization phenomenon and the impact of the one billion people in rapidly growing emerging-market cities who will become consumers by 2025.more

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Urban World: A new iPad app for exploring an unprecedented wave of urbanization

March 2013—The growth of cities in emerging markets is driving the most significant economic transformation in history. MGI’s new iPad app, Urban World, available for free from the iTunes App Store, offers an intuitive sense of how economic power will move as this urban expansion takes place.more

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Infrastructure productivity
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Infrastructure productivity: How to save $1 trillion a year

January 2013—Just keeping pace with projected global GDP growth will require an estimated $57 trillion in infrastructure investment between now and 2030. Practical steps can reduce infrastructure spending by 40 percent—an annual saving of $1 trillion—by boosting productivity. more

Mayors of Atlanta and Houston and the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, City of New York
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Are cities the new global building blocks?

May 2012—Mayors of Atlanta and Houston and the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, City of New York discuss how US cities are dealing with increased urbanization, crumbling infrastructure, and crime, how they are positioning themselves to compete globally, and what are the best practices and worst realities of being mayor.more

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economic power of cities
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Urban world: Mapping the economic power of cities

March 2011—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

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India's urban awakening
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India's urban awakening: Building inclusive cities, sustaining economic growth

April 2010—If India pursues a new operating model for its cities, it could add as much as 1 to 1.5 percent to annual GDP growth, bringing the economy near to the double-digit growth to which the government aspires.more

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Preparing for china's urban billion
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Preparing for China's urban billion

February 2009—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

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Challenges of China's growing cities
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Meeting the challenges of China’s growing cities

July 2008—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

Urban chinese consumer
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From 'made in China' to 'sold in China': The rise of the Chinese urban consumer

November 2006—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

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