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TheCitiesShapingTheFuture

Introducingourindexrankingthebusinessattractivenessof

1,500citiesacrossAsia,Africa,LatinAmerica,andtheMiddleEast

TheCities

ShapingTheFuture

Introducingourindexrankingthebusinessattractivenessof

1,500citiesacrossAsia,Africa,LatinAmerica,andtheMiddleEast

Executive

Summary

FromancientmetropoliseslikeBabylonandRometotheriseofLondoninthe19thcenturyandNewYorkinthe20th,citieshavebeencrucialinthedevelopmentofcommerce,culture,andgovernment.

Thatroleisplayingoutonalargerstagethanevertoday.Forthefirsttime,morethanhalfoftheworld’spopulationlivesincities,andthepaceof

urbanizationisfastestintheemerginganddevelopingeconomiesofAsia,theMiddleEast,Africa,andLatinAmerica.Citiesintheseregionsalso

arebenefittingfromfundamentaltransformationsintheglobaleconomyasgeopoliticaltensions,protectionistpressures,andawaveofindustrialpoliciespromptmajorcorporationstoreconsiderwheretheyproduce

andmarkettheirgoodsandservices,growtheircustomerbases,andfindnewtalent.

Theseforcesarecreatingnewurbancentersofgrowthandinnovation

thatarefasttakingleadershipfromtheNorthAmericanandEuropean

metropolisesthatledthewayformostofthe20thcentury.Overthenextdecade,thesefourregionswillbehometo28oftheworld’s30largest

megalopolises,withShanghaiandCairo,DelhiandDhaka,MexicoCityandMumbai,KinshasaandTokyohavingpopulationsofbetween25millionand40millionpeopleeach.

Theopportunityextendswellbeyondtheseurbangiants.Thefour

regionsarehometomorethan1,500citieswithpopulationsgreaterthan250,000.That’smorethanthreetimesthenumberofcomparablysizedcitiesinEuropeandtheUnitedStatescombined.

ConsidertheexampleofHoChiMinhCity.Inalittleoverageneration,

Vietnam’scommercialcapitalhasbeentransformedfromoneofSouthea