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Outperformers: High-growth emerging economies and the companies that propel them

Some emerging economies have grown much faster and more consistently than others. Underlying these success stories is a pro-growth policy agenda and the standout role of large companies.

11 September 2018
Jonathan Woetzel, Anu Madgavkar, Jeongmin Seong, James Manyika, Kevin Sneader, Oliver Tonby, Andres Cadena, Rajat Gupta, Acha Leke, Hayoung Kim, and Shishir Gupta
McKinsey & Company
Report

Highjacking the SDGs? The Private Sector and the Sustainable Development Goals

This report “gives an overview of business involvement with the SDGs and the relevant discussions”, examines “the financial sector”, and looks at “tobacco companies and their involvement with the SDGs” (Abshagen et al., 2018).

11 July 2018
Marie-Luise Abshagen, Anna Cavazzini, Laura Graen, Wolfgang Obenland
Brot für die Welt, German NGO Forum on Financing for Development, Unfair Tobacco, Global Policy Forum, MISEREOR
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Solving the productivity puzzle

New research uncovers how three waves collided to create historically low productivity growth but finds the potential for it to recover to 2 percent or more.

5 February 2018
Jaana Remes, James Manyika, Jacques Bughin, Jonathan Woetzel, Jan Mischke, and Mekala Krishnan
McKinsey & Company
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Good Governance, Good Growth

The debate about whether democracy is a prerequisite for greater prosperity has a long history, dating back as far as Aristotle. What are the most effective policy strategies for developed and developing democracies?

11 October 2017
Athens Democracy Forum
Video

Business Ethics, Anti-corruption and transparency

11 October 2016
Athens Democracy Forum
Video

Democracy and Business

Is democracy good for business, and is business good for democracy? Do the inclusive

institutions of democracy promote entrepreneurship, leading to more growth and job creation, or

do they constrain it? Are entrepreneurs a natural constituency for democratic change, or do they

use their power and influence to shape the rules of the game in their favor?

11 October 2016
Athens Democracy Forum
Video

No Collar Economy - Vol. II

“There is an increased demand for substantive dialogue regarding the changes in water temperature. The central argument of this...is that this dialogue must be global...The more we share...we learn from each other, and the better we will be able to transition into our digital world” (Irene Braam).

Samuel George
Bertelsmann Foundation
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The No Collar Economy - Vol. I

“The exponential change caused by digital innovations has changed the way we work, the way we play, the way we buy, and the way we bank – all in the span of a couple decades. And as a digitizing society, we are just getting warmed up” (Irene Braam).

Samuel George
Bertelsmann Foundation
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