McKinsey Global Institute

Productivity & Prosperity

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From poverty to empowerment: Raising the bar for sustainable and inclusive growth

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What would it take to raise minimum living standards and get on a net-zero path in this decade? Our research explores twin ambitions for people and the planet.

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From poverty to empowerment: Raising the bar for sustainable and inclusive growth
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What would it take to raise minimum living standards and get on a net-zero path in this decade? Our research explores twin ambitions...
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Asia on the cusp of a new era
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Asia will be the furnace in which a new era is forged—and may experience heightened versions of global challenges.
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What could a new era mean for Latin America?
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Current global challenges could usher in a new era. What might this mean for Latin American economies?
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Empty spaces and hybrid places: The pandemic’s lasting impact on real estate
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Real estate in the world’s superstar cities has not kept up with shifts in behavior caused by the pandemic. The cities’...
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Reimagining economic growth in Africa: Turning diversity into opportunity
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Africa’s economy downshifted over the last decade, yet half of its people live in countries that have thrived on the continent....
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The future of wealth and growth hangs in the balance
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The past two decades have generated $160 trillion in paper wealth but sluggish growth and rising inequality. What comes next?
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Rekindling US productivity for a new era
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Regaining historical rates of productivity growth would add $10 trillion to US GDP—a boost needed to confront workforce...
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Pixels of Progress: A granular look at human development around the world
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Our world is big and complex, but human progress is still about life on the ground, up close and in detail.
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Global balance sheet 2022: Enter volatility
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Growth in the global balance sheet accelerated during the pandemic, but paused in 2022.
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Securing Europe’s competitiveness: Addressing its technology gap
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Even amid war in Europe and the energy and cost of living crisis that has resulted, the region needs to pay attention to its...
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On the cusp of a new era?
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Current economic and political turbulence could presage the start of a new era that is structurally very different with a new...