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Reimagining economic growth in Africa: Turning diversity into opportunity
June 5, 2023
– Africa’s economy downshifted over the last decade, yet half of its people live in countries that have thrived on the continent. Africa has the human capital and natural resources to accelerate productivity and reimagine its economic growth, which is, more than ever, vital for the welfare of the world.
An approach to boosting US labor productivity
May 25, 2023
– In a virtual roundtable discussing the latest McKinsey Global Institute research, McKinsey leaders and industry executives explore what it will take to achieve a potential $10 trillion boost to the American economy.
The future of wealth and growth hangs in the balance
May 24, 2023
– The past two decades have generated $160 trillion in paper wealth but sluggish growth and rising inequality. What comes next?
Rekindling US productivity for a new era
February 16, 2023
– Regaining historical rates of productivity growth would add $10 trillion to US GDP—a boost needed to confront workforce shortages, debt, inflation, and the energy transition.
FEATURED RESEARCH
Global flows: The ties that bind in an interconnected world
November 15, 2022
– Economic and political turbulence have prompted speculation that the world is already deglobalizing. But the evidence suggests that global integration is here to stay, albeit with nuance.
On the cusp of a new era?
October 20, 2022
– Current economic and political turbulence could presage the start of a new era that is structurally very different with a new narrative of progress.
Securing Europe’s competitiveness: Addressing its technology gap
September 22, 2022
– Even amid war in Europe and the energy and cost of living crisis that has resulted, the region needs to pay attention to its slow-motion corporate and technology crisis.
Human capital at work: The value of experience
The net-zero transition: What it would cost, what it could bring
The rise and rise of the global balance sheet: How productively are we using our wealth?
Climate risk and response: Physical hazards and socioeconomic impacts
COVID-19 Analysis
Report - McKinsey Global Institute
Will productivity and growth return after the COVID-19 crisis?
March 30, 2021
– Bold innovation by some firms under pressure of the pandemic could deliver a productivity dividend, but that depends on corporate...
action broadening and robust demand.
Article - McKinsey Global Institute
What’s next for consumers, workers, and companies in the post-COVID-19 recovery
May 18, 2021
– Many changes in business models and consumer behavior during the pandemic will stick, but action will be needed to ensure the...
rebound is not uneven.
Report - McKinsey Global Institute
The future of work after COVID-19
February 18, 2021
– The pandemic accelerated existing trends in remote work, e-commerce, and automation, with up to 25 percent more workers than previously...
estimated potentially needing to switch occupations.
Report - McKinsey Global Institute
The consumer demand recovery and lasting effects of COVID-19
March 17, 2021
– The pandemic led to an unprecedented consumption shock across countries that upended long-standing consumer habits. But what happens...
once the pandemic is over?
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Senior Partner, Chair of Insights and Ecosystems, and Chair of McKinsey Global Institute, Amsterdam
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Reimagining global integration
March 7, 2023
– Globalization is not in retreat, despite claims to the contrary. Trade flows linked to knowledge and know-how, including data,...
intellectual property, services, and talent, have replaced manufactured goods, resources, and capital as the primary drivers of interconnection, and firms of all sizes should be able to benefit, write Olivia White and Jonathan Woetzel in
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America’s productivity engine is sputtering. Fixing it is a $10 trillion opportunity
February 20, 2023
– Since 2005, productivity growth has been lackluster, averaging 1.4% a year, compared to the post-World War II average of 2.2%....
That is a problem. Increasing productivity–economic output per unit of input–maintains U.S. competitiveness and improves our quality of life. It is also essential to meet challenges like inflation, debt loads, entitlements, and the energy transition, write Asutosh Padhi and Olivia White in
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