Government

Monitor works with national and regional governments around the world on issues of strategic importance, including establishing the vision and strategy for economic development, fostering productive partnerships among government and private constituencies, and building coalitions for growth.

We also address issues related to globalization, competition in emerging economies, and national security. Much of our economic development work focuses on defining clusters in which an economy can develop world-class competitiveness, and then working with a coalition of public and private constituencies to implement the chosen strategy for the cluster.

The Evolving Internet: A Look Ahead to 2025

Monitor Global Business Network and Cisco August 25, 2010 Article

This report from Monitor's Global Business Network and Cisco examines the driving forces and uncertainties that will shape the Internet's future. The scenarios suggest how a range of critical factors such as net neutrality policies, infrastructure investments and consumer response to pricing models could influence the Internet's potential to advance global prosperity, business productivity, education and social interaction.

 

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Businesswomen in Saudi Arabia: Characteristics, Challenges, and Aspirations in a Regional Context

Noura Alturki and Rebekah Braswell July 14, 2010 Article

Monitor Group and Al-Sayedah Khadijah Bint Khuwalid Businesswomen Center carried out a study on current and aspiring female business owners in Saudi Arabia to better understand the challenges and opportunities facing Saudi businesswomen and provide reliable data about them. The report also identifies practical ways to support Saudi businesswomen.

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Facing the Future Water Challenge

Rodrigo Guzman, Kim Eckermann and Steve Danino June 28, 2010 Article

To address the issue of integrated water resource management for Morocco, Monitor Group has worked with the country’s Ministry of Water to develop and implement a national water strategy. Monitor’s approach and key findings were recently presented at the 2010 International Water Week in Singapore.

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Our Visual Persuasion Gap

Craig Denny, Aaron Harms and Martin Gurri June 7, 2010 Article

In this article in Parameters, the U.S. Army's senior professional journal, Craig Denny and Aaron Harms of Monitor and Martin Gurri of the National Intelligence Open Source Center, provide new ways for strategic communicators to dissect persuasive visual media, understand the human terrain of foreign audiences, and assess which messages resonate and why. 

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How Innovation Really Works

Nikhil Prasad Ojha, Parijat Ghosh, Sarah Stein Greenberg, Anurag Mishra, with staff of Business Today Magazine May 30, 2010 Article

In this article, “How Innovation Really Works,” experts from Monitor produced a special research report with Business Today to explore how Monitor’s Ten Types of Innovation™ framework applies to growing, innovative companies in India.

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Building a Vision for National Economic Development

Joseph Fuller May 27, 2010 Article

In this presentation to the Estonian Development Fund, Monitor co-founder Joseph Fuller explains the necessary elements for nations working on a vision for economic development drawing on his experience working with more than 35 countries creating national and regional economic strategies.

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Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development

The Rockefeller Foundation and Global Business Network May 25, 2010 Article

This report presents insights from a year-long project undertaken by the Rockefeller Foundation and Global Business Network (GBN) , designed to explore the role of technology in international development through scenario planning, a methodology in which Monitor's GBN is a long-time leader. 

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Back on Course: Sovereign Wealth Fund Activity in 2009

Monitor Group and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei May 17, 2010 Article

In a new report tracking sovereign wealth fund investments, Monitor Group and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei found that the funds had adapted to the global economic downturn by realigning investment strategies with long-term goals and pursuing joint investments to share risk.

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The Path to High-Performance Bureaucracy

Bruce Chew, Josh Lee and William Miracky April 26, 2010 Article

This article, based on practical experience with all types of organizations and Monitor's recent research looking specifically at large bureaucracies, sheds light on the drivers of and barriers to high performance, deriving a set of actionable improvement imperatives without which significant change cannot occur.

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Sovereign Wealth Fund Transactions Reach Highest Levels Since First Quarter of 2008

Monitor Group and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei January 20, 2010 Article

The latest in Monitor's series of quarterly reports on the behavior of sovereign wealth funds investments found the number and value of transactions for the third quarter of 2009 had risen significantly.

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