Trends Identified
Transformation or repositioning of global energy markets
2016
Geostrategic risks on the rise
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Increasing societal demand for
corporate action to address resource and environmental issues
2016
Geostrategic risks on the rise
McKinsey
Potential slowing
and/or reversal of financial globalization
2016
Geostrategic risks on the rise
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Increasingly global markets for labor and talent
2016
Geostrategic risks on the rise
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Shift of economic activity between and within regions
2016
Geostrategic risks on the rise
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Beyond globalization
Globalization is still progressing, but also facing powerful headwinds. “Anti-globalization” sentiments are growing, and governments are responding: the United Kingdom is moving ahead with Brexit implementation; the United States has already stepped back from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and may now have changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in its sights. Meanwhile, traditional globalization metrics are slowing.
2017
The global forces inspiring a new narrative of progress
McKinsey
ICASA: The force of billion-person markets
There are three geographic entities—India, China, and Africa—in which urbanization is empowering populations that exceed one billion people, and a fourth, Southeast Asia, with more than half a billion. Together, these enormous “ICASA” (India, China, Africa, and Southeast Asia) markets hold the potential for significant continued expansion . They also pose some of the biggest risks to global growth as they confront internal obstacles.
2017
The global forces inspiring a new narrative of progress
McKinsey
Resources (un)limited?
The world’s natural-resource equation is changing as technology boosts resource productivity, new bottlenecks emerge, and fresh questions arise about “resources (un)limited?”.
2017
The global forces inspiring a new narrative of progress
McKinsey