Freight Transport for Development Toolkit : Integrated Logistics Services
Globalization has imposed entry requirements on developing economies. Countries need to have the ability to synchronize the business processes which take place within local producers with business processes, which take place in the supply chains of...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/299001468333610039/Freight-transport-for-development-toolkit-integrated-logistics-services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28127 |
| Summary: | Globalization has imposed entry
requirements on developing economies. Countries need to have
the ability to synchronize the business processes which take
place within local producers with business processes, which
take place in the supply chains of their suppliers and their
customers. Integrated logistics services are nowadays a
critical component of international freight transport
systems, but their development and coverage vary widely
across countries, in particular in the developing world.
This paper explains this important development. It documents
the increasingly important role, which third party logistics
service providers play in facilitating business process
connectivity and thus in integrating producers based in
developing countries into the global economy. It provides a
look at the global significance of integrated logistics
services in a globalized economy, and goes on to review
specific examples of establishment of such services in
developing countries. These examples in turn suggest a set
of specific policy recommendations to help policymakers
enable the development of efficient logistics services to
serve both their domestic and international markets. The
paper describes ways in which integrated logistics services
have evolved over the past 20 years. It describes aspects of
that development, which have particular significance for
accelerating the economic growth of developing economies.
From a review of various means, which third party service
providers have used to integrate the business processes of
their clients into the supply chains of their clients, it
attempts to develop some general principles, which can help
policy makers to enhance the competitiveness of their own
economies. In additional it discusses the interface between
public and private sectors and particular ways in which
public policy can enhance competitiveness through this
important growth leverage. It goes on to discuss appropriate
means and modes for regulating an emerging third party
logistics industry and, finally, it suggesting specific
initiatives and service design initiatives, which can help,
accelerate economic development. |
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