Volume 5The Art and Science of DeliveryDelivery is both an art and a science. We think the art is in the innovation and adaptability of the actors and different delivery models, while the science lies in replicating and scaling those models.
Volume 5The Art and Science of Delivery
Volume 4The Socially Conscious ConsumerHow the global rise of socially conscious consumers can help drive environmental and economic sustainability.
Volume 3Financing Social ChangeAcross the globe, innovative new tools are helping fund social change.
Volume 2The Rise of Social MovementsTaking to the streets: The rise of the Arab Spring and Occupy Movements.
Volume 1Jobs for the young & restlessYouth around the world have been particularly hard hit, registering disturbingly high unemployment numbers.
What MattersSocial innovationCan fresh thinking solve the world’s most intractable problems?
What MattersSocial entrepreneursCan social entrepreneurs create large scale change?
What MattersCitiesAs the global population becomes increasingly urbanized, what will the cities of the future look like?
Beyond advocacy – business needs to get its head in the game
In South Africa, children’s life chances remain overwhelmingly determined by race, by birth, and by where they attend school. Business and government must join forces, working together to provide the right education and development opportunities to ensure that young people leave school ready to work.
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April 2012by Thero Setiloane
Creating opportunity for disconnected young Americans
Too many American students leave school—with and without diplomas—unprepared to enter the workforce. The most effective support programs draw on all members of the community—the public and private sectors, as well as families—to provide skills, role models, experience, and opportunity.
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April 2012by Patty Stonesifer
Youth employment in Africa: what to do when informal is normal
For at least another generation, most young Africans will work in the informal economy. Governments need to provide young people with basic reading and math skills to enable them to succeed in agricultural and home-based enterprises and perhaps move into the formal sector.
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April 2012by Shantayanan Devarajan
Realizing youth potential
The Middle East suffers from a severe mismatch between the skills employers need and the skills youth learn in school. To fix this problem, business and education ministries must work together to prepare young people to join the workforce.
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April 2012by Moataz Al Alfi
Lifting Africa up by empowering its youth
With almost two-thirds of its population under the age of 25, Africa skews young—which is why, to ensure economic growth and social stability, it must create meaningful opportunities for its youth. Increased access to education and public/private partnerships emphasizing entrepreneurship will help.
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April 2012by Fred Swaniker
Apprenticeship: remaking an old idea for a new era
Apprenticeship offers the promise of reducing youth unemployment and increasing critical skills. But for apprenticeship to work, the interests of employers, apprentices, and government must be carefully balanced.
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April 2012by Hilary Steedman
Featured Videos
An interview with Peter Diamond
The United States faces short- and long-term challenges in reducing the unemployment rate and creating new jobs that call on its strengths. In this excerpted interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Professor Peter Diamond discusses the long-term consequences of youth unemployment and the challenges faced by today’s youth.
Education for employment in the Arab world
Last year, in partnership with the IFC and the Islamic Development Bank, McKinsey undertook a major research effort to explore the issue of youth unemployment in the Arab World. The Arab World is overwhelmingly young with the highest youth unemployment in the world.
Interactive
Does a traditional college education in the US still make sense given the costs and the state of the economy?
Between April and June 2012, hundreds of people weighed in on the debate, offering their opinions, submitting comments, and even changing their minds. Ultimately, 68% of people believe a traditional college education makes sense. Tell us what you think.
Voices on Society topics
- The Art and Science of Delivery
Delivery is both an art and a science. We think the art is in the innovation and adaptability of the actors and different delivery models, while the science lies in replicating and scaling those models.
- The Socially Conscious Consumer
How the global rise of socially conscious consumers can help drive environmental and economic sustainability.
- Financing Social Change
Across the globe, innovative new tools are helping fund social change.
- The Rise of Social Movements
Taking to the streets: The rise of the Arab Spring and Occupy Movements.
- Jobs for the young & restless
Youth around the world have been particularly hard hit, registering disturbingly high unemployment numbers.
- Social innovation
Can fresh thinking solve the world’s most intractable problems?
- Social entrepreneurs
Can social entrepreneurs create large scale change?
- Cities
As the global population becomes increasingly urbanized, what will the cities of the future look like?