We support governments across the world in delivering holistic impact to communities across economic development, finance issues (revenue and budget), social services (including unemployment insurance and veterans benefits), and infrastructure (including transportation, energy, water, and telecommunications asset classes).
How we can help
Economic development
Help create optimal environments in which to promote economic development projects. We use a suite of data analytics tools and strategies to advise on economic development globally among four categories: economic opportunity, municipal productivity, social welfare, and city development.
Public finance
Assist tax administrations in transforming their operations and systems and improving the taxpayer experience.
Social payments
Partner with governments globally to transform social payment programs through employment, pensions, fraud and debt, disability, and veterans services.
Sustainability
Support public sector organizations meet their national net zero transition aspirations, often including, reducing emissions, ensuring affordability of energy and materials, providing reliable and secure energy systems, assessing climate risk and driving climate adaptation.
Infrastructure
Transportation
Partner with government agencies and other stakeholders to address growing capacity demand and the most critical issues across the transportation value chain to realize sustainable operational, capital, and economic impact.
Energy
Provide a deep understanding of power markets, renewable dynamics, and power modeling, supported by extensive research in the space to capitalize on trends for the betterment of the public and support government’s transition to sustainable energy.
Broadband
Support state and local governments in developing plans to invest in closing the digital divide among their populations and access federal funds, implementing strategies to bridge the digital divide, and driving digital equity.
Water
Support the public sector with water networks across countries by ensuring operational excellence, capital productivity, and strategies to deliver best-in-class water ecosystems.
Case studies
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JobsOhio and the long-term, innovative revitalization of a state’s economy
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How did Ohio become a destination for business growth? A new program turned the state’s economy around, with some help from McKinsey....
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Made in Africa: Catalyzing stronger, sustainable, and inclusive economies
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Manufacturing is the bedrock of a growing economy. Foreign direct investment can play a key role in nurturing this sector to...
Energy
Developed technology demonstration and deployment pathways for a national department of energy
We supported the development of four clean energy technology demonstration and deployment strategies for a national department of energy (DoE). The DoE’s goal for this effort was to catalyze capital formation of more than $100 billion for each of the four technologies while effecting a 20 percent overall nationwide emissions reduction. This entailed broadly engaging industry and developing analytical models to better understand the impact on carbon goals, potential paths to commercial scale, barriers, and possible solutions for each technology (clean hydrogen, long-duration energy storage, advanced nuclear technology, and carbon management technologies), and helping foster private sector investment and action.
Economic development
Developed a flagship accelerated growth program for local companies in Singapore
Since 2019, we have partnered with Enterprise Singapore, a government agency, to support local businesses at every growth stage, in both conceptualizing and providing advisory support for the multiple cohorts of the program. Through the program, we have worked with small-to medium-size local companies to sharpen their strategies, develop a viable business growth plan, and support the implementation of the companies’ key growth initiatives, including international expansion. Strategies are tailored to each company’s situation and growth stage. Since the launch, we have supported more than 40 companies spanning more than 30 sectors. Among all the participating companies, 85 percent launched new ventures, 50 percent entered new markets, and 68 percent achieved revenue growth.
Social payments
Assisted a national welfare department to better understand the ongoing challenges of a subpopulation
We embarked on a rapid analytics project with a national welfare department to analyze and develop a detailed understanding of the subpopulations experiencing persistent disadvantages. We also identified linkages to actionable intervention themes. Initially, the welfare department had identified a lack of analytical evidence for effective decision making. Through this work, we created a foundation to further build evidence and actionability, with next steps to incorporate further data and additional analyses and develop a collaborative infrastructure to design impactful solutions, including combining the insights with inputs from policy experts.
Featured capabilities
Wave
Find out how this web-based program-management tool supports transformation and change programs—and helps organizations monitor, quantify, and sustain results.
Catalyst Zero
Accelerating decarbonization transformations at scale
Connected Leaders Academy
Advance racial equity by investing in future leaders
Featured experts
Adi Kumar
Senior PartnerWashington DC
Counsels private- and public-sector leaders on topics of strategy, innovation, organization, and operations to improve performance...
Alberto Chaia
Senior PartnerMiami
Works with clients in Mexico, Latin America and globally to develop strategies for economic development, financial inclusion...
Danielle Hinton
Associate PartnerWashington DC
Serves private-and public-sector clients on digital and analytics transformations; counsels leaders across sectors on inclusive...
John-Paul (JP) Julien
PartnerPhiladelphia
Serves US federal, state and city governments on inclusive economic-development topics and supports private-, public-, and social-sector...
Maya Horii
Senior PartnerTokyo
Advises public sector agencies on economic development, digital and sustainability transformation, and partners with Japanese...
Rima Assi
Senior Partner and Managing PartnerAbu Dhabi
Leads the Abu Dhabi office in the UAE; a core leader of our efforts in public finance and investments; globally coleads our work...
Sarah Zaidi
PartnerLondon
Leads work on trade, borders, and customs, working closely with governments as well as transport and logistics companies; focuses...
Yassir Zouaoui
PartnerDubai
Advises public sector leaders to help foster sustainable economic development through evidence-based policy decisions
Featured insights
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Reinvesting in America
Approximately $3 trillion in additional federal spending could enter the US economy. Will these investments be transformative? How can governments and companies harness the opportunity to advance sustainable and inclusive growth?
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Paving the way to resilience: Strengthening public sector adaptation planning and execution
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Increasing resilience to climate change requires a more systematic response than ever before. Governments and public entities...
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Inclusive infrastructure investment: How to empower communities
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With more than $2 trillion in federal funding entering the US economy, three steps can help governments meet the needs of communities...
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Building innovation ecosystems: Accelerating tech hub growth
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Innovation ecosystems can generate economic, financial, and social benefits for all, and there’s new federal funding to...
Case Study
How a government agency is preparing workers to thrive in the skills-based economy
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Australia’s Department of Regional New South Wales, a government agency supporting rural communities across the state,...