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| The challenge of funding Japan's future health care needs | | May 2008 | | MGI Perspective |
Health care spending in Japan could double as a proportion of GDP within 30 years, driven by advances in medical technology, growing wealth, and demographic changes. To close the funding gap, policy makers need to consider reforms such as adjusting reimbursement coverage to avoid more wasteful spending and encouraging more private payments without undermining universal coverage.
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| Preparing for China's urban billion | | March 2008 | | MGI report |
If current trends hold, nearly one billion people will live in China's cities by 2025. By pursuing a more concentrated urbanization path guided by action to boost urban productivity, local and national policy leaders would maximize the benefits to China's economy and environment.
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| The case for investing in energy productivity | | February 2008 | | MGI Perspective |
Additional annual investments in energy productivity of $170 billion through 2020 could cut global energy demand growth by at least half while generating average internal rates of return of 17 percent. Such outlays would also achieve significant energy savings and cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
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| Mapping global capital markets: Fourth annual report | | January 2008 | | MGI report |
MGI's analysis highlights trends in the global financial markets across countries, regions, and asset classes. It finds assets reached $167 trillion in 2006, while capital flows climbed to a record $8.2 trillion.
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| The coming oil windfall in the Gulf | | January 2008 | | MGI Perspective |
At an oil price of $70 a barrel, the six nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council would earn a cumulative $6.2 trillion by 2020, or more than triple the amount they earned from 1993 through 2006. Decisions by Gulf leaders on how to use this wealth will have global repercussions for decades.
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| Serving aging baby boomers | | November 2007 | | McKinsey Quarterly |
Baby boomers have rewritten the rules at every stage of their lives. They will rewrite the rules of retirement as well.
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| The new power brokers: How oil, Asia, hedge funds, and private equity are shaping global capital markets | | September 2007 | | MGI report |
Even under the best circumstances, the assets of the new power petrodollars will nearly double to as much as $15.2 trillion by 2012.
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| Leapfrogging to higher energy productivity in China | | July 2007 | | MGI Perspective |
By taking advantage only of currently existing technologies that pay for themselves, China could further its ongoing efforts and reduce total energy demand in 2020 by as much as 23 percent. Lower energy demand would also mean that China could cut its projected oil imports by up to 15 percent and its CO2 emissions by at least 20 percent by 2020.
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| Wasted energy: How the U.S. can reach its energy productivity potential | | July 2007 | | MGI Perspective |
By capturing the potential available from existing technologies, the United States could cap U.S. energy consumption, as well as its greenhouse gas emissions, at today's levels.
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| The U.S. imbalancing act: Can the current account deficit continue? | | June 2007 | | MGI report |
The U.S. current account deficit could continue to grow over the next five years. However, to reverse the deficit by 2012, a massive dollar depreciation would be required.
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