The ways we devour power and produce commodities are changing. This transformation could benefit the worldwide economic system, but resource producers will have to adapt to stay aggressive.
Policy makers could seize the productiveness benefits of this resource revolution by embracing technological change and permitting a nation’s power mix to shift freely, whilst they tackle the disruptive results of the transition on employment and demand. Resource exporters whose funds rely on useful resource endowments will need to find different sources of revenue. Importers could refill strategic reserves of commodities while costs are low, to safeguard towards supply or price disruptions, and spend money on infrastructure and training. Create a profile to get full access to our articles and reports, together with these by McKinsey Quarterly and the McKinsey Global Institute, and to subscribe to our newsletters and electronic mail alerts.
While the changes going through useful resource producers and coverage …