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McKinsey's greenhouse gas abatement cost curve – setting the record straight
February 2011
The greenhouse gas abatement cost curve developed by McKinsey & Company has been a useful tool for many countries and organizations seeking to understand their options in reducing carbon emissions. At a global level, the cost curve helped foster a wider understanding of the critically important role of reducing deforestation, and gaining better land efficiency, in tropical countries. The methodology has been applied at national and provincial levels in Indonesia, where it has proved a useful input into the climate change mitigation process. But the methodology has also attracted many questions. This paper explains how the cost curve methodology is best used, and the way it can most usefully be an input into economic planning, particularly for low carbon development.
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Shaping the future: How good education systems can become great in the decade ahead
A report on the International Education Roundtable held in Singapore, July 7, 2009
On July 7, 2009, Singapore's minister of education hosted an International Education Roundtable discussion with ministers and senior representatives from six school systems around the world: Alberta, Canada; Hong Kong, China; the People's Republic of China; Sweden; the United States; and Victoria, Australia. The cochairs of the roundtable were Minister Ng Eng Hen of Singapore and Sir Michael Barber, head of McKinsey's Global Education Practice. This report summarizes their discussions.
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Turning around a struggling airline: An interview with the CEO of Malaysia Airlines
McKinsey Quarterly
November 2008

Idris Jala led the state-controlled carrier from the brink of bankruptcy to record-breaking profits. Now he wants it to become what he calls a "five-star value carrier."
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Why ASEAN's stock markets must work together
McKinsey Quarterly
October 2007

A merger between Southeast Asian exchanges may be unlikely now, but some will fall significantly behind their competitors elsewhere unless policy makers develop consistent policies and regulations across the region.
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