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Livable Cities and Inclusion

11 October 2019
Athens Democracy Forum
Video

Dismantling the Dogmas of Austerity and Fiscal Injustice in Latin America

"Crucially, the briefing argues that clawing back the fiscal resources lost to corruption, tax evasion and avoidance, and illicit financial flows would contribute significantly to closing the gap in financing required to address complex problems such as poverty, climate change and compliance with the Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)."

11 October 2019
Center for Economic and Social Rights
Report

Africa's youth: jobs or migration? Demography, economic prospects and mobility

This 2019 report explores the demography, economic prospects, and mobility of Africa's youth, focusing on jobs and migration.

11 October 2019
Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Report

Towards Global Regulation on Business and Human Rights

This is the Statement of the Treaty Alliance Germany on the draft for a legally binding UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights.

11 October 2019
Treaty Alliance Germany
Report

Rules of engagement between the UN and private actors

This report details potential “rules of engagement between the UN and private actors”, “Towards a regulatory and institutional framework” (Martens and Seitz, 2019).

11 September 2019
Jens Martens and Karolin Seitz
Bischöfliches Hilfswerk MISEREOR, Brot für die Welt-Evangelisches Werk für Diakonie und Entwicklung e.V., Global Policy Forum
Report

The future of work in America: People and places, today and tomorrow

"The health of local economies today will affect their ability to adapt and thrive in the automation age" (Lund et. al., 2019).

11 July 2019
Susan Lund, James Manyika, Liz Hilton Segel, André Dua, Bryan Hancock, Scott Rutherford, and Brent Macon
McKinsey & Company
Report

Inequality: A persisting challenge and its implications

While the wealth gap has narrowed globally, inequality within advanced economies has increased since the 1980s.

26 June 2019
David Fine, James Manyika, Pal Erik Sjatil, Karim Tadjeddine, Tilman Tacke, and Maggie Desmond
McKinsey & Company
Report

Asia’s future is now

Asia is on track to top 50 percent of global GDP by 2040 and drive 40 percent of the world’s consumption, "representing a real shift in the world’s center of gravity" (Tonby et. al., 2019).

14 June 2019
Oliver Tonby, Jonathan Woetzel, Wonsik Choi, Jeongmin Seong, and Patti Wang
McKinsey & Company
Report

A new look at the declining labor share of income in the United States

Globalization, technology, and other often-cited factors may not be the main causes of the declining labor share of income.

22 May 2019
James Manyika, Jan Mischke, Jacques Bughin, Jonathan Woetzel, Mekala Krishnan, and Samuel Cudre
McKinsey & Company
Report
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