Contributors World Economic Forum Mirek Dušek Managing Director Ariel Kastner Head, Geopolitical Agenda and Communications Jessica Margolis Lead, Geopolitical Agenda Miriam Schive Deputy Head, Geopolitical Agenda Production Laurence Denmark Creative Director, Studio Miko Martha Howlett Lead Editor, Studio Miko Jay Kelly Designer, Studio Miko Will Liley Editor, Studio MikoMcKinsey & Company Oliver Bevan Partner, Chicago, Risk and Resilience Practice Andres Cadena Senior Partner, Bogota, Strategy and Corporate Finance Practice Jeffrey Condon Senior Knowledge Expert, Atlanta, McKinsey Global Institute Tiago Devesa Senior Fellow, Lisbon, McKinsey Global Institute Mekala Krishnan Partner, Boston, McKinsey Global Institute Acha Leke Senior Partner, Johannesburg, Social, Healthcare, and Public Sector Entities Practice and Chairman of McKinsey’s Africa region Michael Neary Engagement Manager, San Francisco, McKinsey Global Institute Daniel Pacthod Senior Partner, New York; Global Leader, McKinsey Leadership Factory Olivia White Senior Partner, San Francisco, Director, McKinsey Global Institute Thank you to Anna Bruce-Lockhart, Charlotte Beale, Alexander Court, Trevor Chueu, Beatrice Di Caro, Karis Everhart, Spencer Feingold, Harry Gray Calvo, Maxwell Hall, Gayle Markovitz, Alan Mwendwa, Akolade Omishope, Luca Pasqualotti, Sybile Penhirin, Robin Pomeroy, Emily Poyser, Anais Rassat, Julia Rignot and Christina Schunck with the World Economic Forum and Taylor Burns at McKinsey & Company for assistance in developing and launching the report. Thank you to Shreyangi Prasad and Daniel Soto and Senior Editor Max Berley and Editorial Director Mark Staples of McKinsey Global Publishing. This project benefited from the perspectives of individuals at McKinsey & Company: Matt Craven, Santiago Gazzo, Max Gleischman, Ziad Haider, Charlie Lewis, Jan Mischke, Ramiro Prudencio, Roger Roberts and Carlo Tanghetti. The report benefited from the insight and expertise of several members of the Global Cooperation Barometer Advisory Board (serving on the advisory board does not constitute endorsement of the report’s finding). Members of the advisory board were drawn from the World Economic Forum’s network of Global Future Councils and included the below. Thank you to Judith Espinoza, Rabab Fayad, Haleh Nazeri, Houssam Al Wazzan and Kyle Winters at the World Economic Forum for facilitating discussion at the 17 October 2024 meeting of the Global Cooperation Advisory Board meeting in Dubai. Acknowledgements The Global Cooperation Barometer 2025 Second Edition 26