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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October 2007
Executives in India are consistently the world’s most optimistic about their country’s economic prospects, McKinsey research shows.
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October 2007
GDP growth is soaring, and India’s economic reforms are bearing fruit. But there’s much left to do.
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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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March 2007
Recent growth has given Latin America the economic health to tackle its pressing challenges: poverty, educational needs, and business-choking red tape.
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March 2007
To enter the ranks of the world’s leading economies, the country must remove entrenched barriers to productivity.
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February 2007
For GCC states, liberalizing the labor market and developing the local workforce are the keys to moving beyond a reliance on foreign workers.
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February 2007
Little is known about the middle class in the GCC states, but a
recent survey illuminates the hopes, fears, and expectations of this important segment.
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January 2007
Further reform will be essential if one of the world’s fastest-growing regions is to seize a broader role in the global economy.
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August 2006
A stronger financial system would make the economy grow more quickly and ensure higher tax revenues—without higher tax rates.
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June 2006
China's performance in meeting its key social challenges shows how far it has come and how far it has yet to go.
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June 2006
Productivity is rising, but the level of employment among working-age people actually declined from 1992 to 2003.
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September 2005
A graphic look at India's economic progress and problems.
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February 2005
How can middle-income countries like Mexico compete with China? By adding higher value.
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December 2004
A graphic look at the country’s remarkable economic transition.
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December 2004
The radically different experience of two industries shows that the country needs more competition as well.
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August 2004
By dismantling domestic barriers to productivity growth, the country could rise to a new level of economic development.
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July 2004
Two industries have shown what can be achieved when the country opens itself up to the world. Now the rest of the economy should follow suit.
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February 2004
The region is falling behind its rivals. Turning it into a true single market would boost its competitiveness and help restore its economic luster.
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December 2003
The current economic downturn isn’t wholly responsible for Hong Kong’s woes. Fortunately, solutions are well within reach.
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December 2003
Turkey has come a long way, but the informal economy, macroeconomic and political instability, and state ownership continue to hold it back.
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February 2003
Differences in IT spending are not the root cause of the gap between US and European productivity. Europe's basic problem is inappropriate regulation that hinders innovation.
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May 2002
In Latin America, macroeconomic reform isn’t enough: sustained growth can be achieved only by removing microeconomic barriers to productivity as well.
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February 2002
The secret behind the new economy isn’t information technology but old-fashioned competition and managerial innovation.
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December 2001
In a decade, the country could more than double its gross domestic product per capita—but only if its government and people act quickly and decisively.
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December 2001
Award-winning photographer Swapan Parekh portrays a workforce poised between old ways and new.
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December 2001
The recovery is fading, but fundamental economic reform could help Thailand avoid Japan’s fate.
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December 2000
Today’s woeful economic performance is not so much a reversal of fortune as a revelation of the hollowness of Japan’s success in the 1980s.
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June 2000
In a study of investments in Hungary made by 38 foreign companies, McKinsey found many of these businesses ready to reinvest there, at least under a sympathetic government.
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June 2000
If deregulation, privatization, and openness to outside investment continue—and the government steers clear of regulatory traps—Poland will continue to show that economic “shock therapy” can create a flourishing economy.
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February 2000
Russia privatized its economy but failed to transform it. Most of the old businesses are bad. Most of the new ones are little better. What is to be done?
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November 1998
There’s not enough competition. The major culprit is product market regulation. Can social objectives be achieved at lower cost?
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August 1998
Per capita income could double in ten years. But first the country must solve a big problem: low productivity. Case studies of eight industries show what can be done.
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May 1998
The best manufacturing technology did not lead to high productivity. Now is the time for deregulation. But it must embrace both manufacturing and services.
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November 1997
Despite the headlines, the Netherlands still trails other economies. But it could create one and a half million new jobs over the next decade. Six barriers stand in the way.
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May 1997
A new study establishes the case for improving productivity. It’s time to recognize that regulation has not preserved incomes, provided access to services, or prevented job losses. An analysis of six industries: automotive, housing construction, telecom, retail banking, retail, and computer software.
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February 1996
Government regulation is partially to blame; so are the low aspirations of business leaders. Here are case studies in retailing, banking, aviation, construction, and processed food.
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May 1995
Sleeping Beauty versus Dungeons and Dragons. Why regional approaches aren’t working. An analysis of telecoms, pharmaceuticals, steel, paper, and food.
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May 1994
Better standards of living rest on better productivity and that, in turn, on improved managerial practice.
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February 1994
An excerpt from China: The Next Economic Superpower.
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May 1993
India’s economy now offers huge opportunities for pioneers with the will to create markets and industries.
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