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Meeting the challenges of China’s growing cities
Featured Economic Studies Article, 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.

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How the world should invest in energy efficiency

July 2008

A program that targets cost-effective opportunities in energy productivity could halve the growth in energy demand, cut emissions of greenhouse gases, and generate attractive returns.

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Next-generation regulation for European electric power

June 2008

The Performance-Based Rate model has helped both distributors and users of electricity, but for it to remain beneficial, significant changes must be made.

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Long-term trends in the global capital markets

February 2008

Several current trends will continue to influence the world’s financial markets long after the present bout of turbulence ends.

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Taking stock: Ten years after the Asian financial crisis

December 2007

The Asian financial system could become a full-fledged partner in the global triad of economic powerhouses, alongside Europe and the United States—but only if its regulatory systems, economic ministries, and financial institutions improve dramatically.

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The world’s new financial power brokers

December 2007

Four rising players will continue to grow in wealth and importance, even if interest rates rise and oil prices drop.

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Serving aging baby boomers

November 2007

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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Tracking the growth of India’s middle class

August 2007

Over the next two decades, the country’s middle class will grow from about 5 percent of the population to more than 40 percent and create the world’s fifth-largest consumer market.

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A cost curve for greenhouse gas reduction

February 2007

A global study of the size and cost of measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions yields important insights for businesses and policy makers.

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What businesses need to know about the US current-account deficit

August 2007

The US import balancing act could continue for some time, but the correction, when it comes, will have surprising consequences. Governments and businesses should prepare for them.

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Creating a modern Indian city: An interview with Delhi’s chief minister

October 2007

Sheila Dikshit discusses the challenge of urban development in India.

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Executives say that their companies can’t raise prices to match inflation. Manufacturers -- and executives in China -- are the only exceptions.

Research in Brief

Investing the Gulf's oil profits windfall

May 2008

Despite many uncertainties, the GCC states will probably be able to finance their own investment needs and those of the world economy to boot.

Market fundamentals: 2000 versus 2007

September 2007

Whither the S&P 500? Comparing the market’s recent turmoil with its decline at the end of the dot-com boom can help investors assess what might come next.

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Developing Mexico's offshoring opportunity

March 2007

To take advantage of the growing global market for offshored services, the country must do more to improve the suitability of its workforce.

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What’s in store for global banking

January 2008

Banking around the world may now be passing through a major cyclical correction, but McKinsey research suggests that the industry’s revenues and profits will double by 2016.