Developed and emerging economies are witnessing several external and internal challenges, ranging from climate change, accelerated urbanisation, governance issues, financial constraints, capacity issues, and outdated policies and processes. There have been considerable efforts by all stakeholders to address the development challenges with focus on quality of life, business/investment reforms, increased technology adoption and increased integration with the global economy.
To achieve the outcome of these efforts, there is a need to address these challenges at speed and scale by adopting innovative solutions that are contextualised to local requirements, respond to the traditional structures, address the fundamental problems, and are futuristic and implementable. Further, these innovative solutions need to help in channelising the efforts of all stakeholders including private sector, government, multilateral agencies, financial institutions, citizens, academia, etc. to achieve the overall economic objective.
Our Economic Advisory Services (EAS) team has been supporting clients in these efforts by helping to channelise the efforts of all stakeholders in achieving the overall economic objectives. Our EAS team helps clients in conceptualising, developing and implementing such solutions while also ensuring that sustainability, resilience, liveability, inclusion, justice and parity issues are incorporated in these solutions. These in turn help the clients in ensuring that while the economy continues to grow, the quality of growth is prioritised, to realize the benefits of population dividend and the larger economic opportunity that exist.
The EAS team comprises approximately 125 techno-commercial professionals with significant domestic and international experience of serving clients in the private sector, public sector, and multilateral/ bilateral funding agencies.
The geographical coverage of assignments undertaken by the EAS team spans multiple countries including Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Caribbean countries, China, Mongolia, Georgia, Ghana, Indonesia, Laos, Malawi, Maldives, Middle East (UAE and Saudi Arabia), Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Marshall Islands and East Africa.
Ranen Banerjee
Partner and Leader, Economic Advisory Services Government Sector Leader, PwC India