Financing Sustainable Development : Ideas for Action 2016
Logistics and supply chains are the wheels of trade, commerce and economic activity around the world. However, in developing economies and emerging markets there are numerous challenges that make access difficult. Most prominent are the lack of sta...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English en_US |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/09/26824373/financing-sustainable-development-ideas-action-2016 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25108 |
| Summary: | Logistics and supply chains are the
wheels of trade, commerce and economic activity around the
world. However, in developing economies and emerging markets
there are numerous challenges that make access difficult.
Most prominent are the lack of standardized addressing
systems, and inefficient or inadequate countrywide postal
infrastructure that raises the cost of logistics, especially
in delivery at the last mile. The authors proposal
recommends a low cost peer-to-peer delivery system where
senders are connected to local transporters who can carry
out scheduled or on-demand deliveries. This system will be
executed by means of a technology platform that facilitates
this interaction between the different customer segments.
There is significant opportunity and potential in
establishing this service in emerging economies around the
world that face similar problems. Because of the large
market opportunity and its significance in the West-African
region, Nigeria is the authors target for the solution. The
authors plan is to eventually expand this service regionally. |
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