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Logistics in Lagging Regions

Author : Charles Kunaka
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821386506
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Logistics in Lagging Regions written by Charles Kunaka and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2010-12-21 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small scale producers in developing countries lack easy access to efficient logistics services. They are faced with long distances from both domestic and international markets. Unless they consolidate their trade volumes they face high costs which diminish their ability to trade. However, the process of consolidation is not without cost nor does it occur on its own accord. As a result, the consolidation is typically handled by intermediaries. Using case studies of sisal and soybean supply chains in Brazil and India respectively, this study explores the role and impact of intermediaries in facilitating trade in lagging regions. The study assesses the horizontal relationships between the small scale producers in thin markets and the vertical connections between different tiers of the same supply chain. The study analyzes the traditional approach to linking producers namely through cooperatives and itinerant traders and the relatively newer innovations using ICT. The study finds that farmers linked through the different mechanisms are more integrated to international supply chains or are able to better manage supply chains longer than would otherwise be the case. Intermediaries play several roles including providing transport services and facilitating market exchanges, payments, risk sharing and quality improvements. Generally, information technology driven innovations make it easier to integrate adjacent steps in the value chain. This report on logistics performance at the sub-national level is an on-going endeavour. Similar analysis is being carried out in some countries in Africa to identify the evolving role of intermediaries in low income regions. The results will be developed into a major publication on this topic, with recommendations on how development agencies, civil society and the private sector can improve the design of strategies to reduce logistics costs in low income areas.

Dry Ports – A Global Perspective

Author : Rickard Bergqvist
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317147677
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Dry Ports – A Global Perspective written by Rickard Bergqvist and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As centres for logistics activities, seaports have traditionally been the focus of maritime logistics chains. However, changes in production patterns, supported by the development of rapid transport of goods over long distances, have altered the logistics landscape. As a result, the relevance of port hinterland transport has become more important, with a consequent need for the high utilisation of transport resources and infrastructure through the consolidation of cargo flows and for seaports to extend their influence within their hinterlands to increase their competitiveness. The development worldwide of inland ports, terminals and dryports in their various forms, together with associated new functions and strategies, address these challenges in diverse ways to realise the potential benefits that come from the successful implementation of inland ports that connect seamlessly into transportation systems. This book comprises case studies and state-of-the-art examples of dryports in different parts of the world that have varying economic, social, institutional and environmental realities and which exhibit the complexity of, and diverse approaches to, this recent logistics phenomenon.

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition

Author : Khosrow-Pour, Mehdi
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466658894
Total Pages : 7972 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition written by Khosrow-Pour, Mehdi and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 7972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This 10-volume compilation of authoritative, research-based articles contributed by thousands of researchers and experts from all over the world emphasized modern issues and the presentation of potential opportunities, prospective solutions, and future directions in the field of information science and technology"--Provided by publisher.

Business Logistics

Author : Turkay Yildiz
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312363029
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Business Logistics written by Turkay Yildiz and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-07-17 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the collection of my own studies in logistics, targeted to a broad readership. Although it is not intended for beginners in logistics, they might find the whole book interesting and beneficial.The book consists of 4 parts and 5 chapters. The first part deals with the logistics services in developed and developing countries, while the second part covers global competitiveness and logistics performance. The third part is about the relationship between the logistics performance and education and, finally, the fourth part examines the relationship between the choices of transport mode and fuel type.All the chapters in this book are independent of each other, with each one reflecting my own experience, analyses and results. I hope you will find this book useful, informative and appropriate for your needs.

An Introduction to Economic Geography

Author : Danny MacKinnon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317408705
Total Pages : 699 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Economic Geography written by Danny MacKinnon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-11-12 with total page 699 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the context of great economic turmoil and uncertainty, the emergent conflict between continued globalisation and growing economic nationalism means that a geographical economic perspective has never been so important. An Introduction to Economic Geography guides students through the key debates of this vibrant area, exploring the range of ideas and approaches that invigorate the wider discipline. This third edition includes new chapters on finance, cities and the digital economy, consumption and the environment. Underpinned by the themes of globalisation, uneven development and place, the text conveys the diversity of contemporary economic geography and explores the social and spatial effects of global economic restructuring. It combines a critical geographical perspective on the changing economic landscape with an appreciation of contemporary themes such as neoliberalism, financialisation, innovation and the growth of new technologies. An Introduction to Economic Geography is an essential textbook for undergraduate students taking courses in Economic Geography, Globalisation Studies and more broadly in Human Geography. It will also be of much interest to those in Planning, Business and Management Studies and Economics.

OECD Economic Surveys: Poland 2020

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264539190
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (645 download)

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Download or read book OECD Economic Surveys: Poland 2020 written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-04 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: COVID-19 has hit the Polish society and its economy hard, even if to a lesser extent than other European countries. Employment has declined and public debt has increased abruptly, which will make it more challenging to solve long-term issues, such as the low productivity of some workers, weak environmental outcomes and rising ageing costs.

Approaches to Geo-mathematical Modelling

Author : Alan G. Wilson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118937457
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (189 download)

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Book Synopsis Approaches to Geo-mathematical Modelling by : Alan G. Wilson

Download or read book Approaches to Geo-mathematical Modelling written by Alan G. Wilson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geo-mathematical modelling: models from complexity science Sir Alan Wilson, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London Mathematical and computer models for a complexity science tool kit Geographical systems are characterised by locations, activities at locations, interactions between them and the infrastructures that carry these activities and flows. They can be described at a great variety of scales, from individuals and organisations to countries. Our understanding, often partial, of these entities, and in many cases this understanding is represented in theories and associated mathematical models. In this book, the main examples are models that represent elements of the global system covering such topics as trade, migration, security and development aid together with examples at finer scales. This provides an effective toolkit that can not only be applied to global systems, but more widely in the modelling of complex systems. All complex systems involve nonlinearities involving path dependence and the possibility of phase changes and this makes the mathematical aspects particularly interesting. It is through these mechanisms that new structures can be seen to ‘emerge’, and hence the current notion of ‘emergent behaviour’. The range of models demonstrated include account-based models and biproportional fitting, structural dynamics, space-time statistical analysis, real-time response models, Lotka-Volterra models representing ‘war’, agent-based models, epidemiology and reaction-diffusion approaches, game theory, network models and finally, integrated models. Geo-mathematical modelling: Presents mathematical models with spatial dimensions. Provides representations of path dependence and phase changes. Illustrates complexity science using models of trade, migration, security and development aid. Demonstrates how generic models from the complexity science tool kit can each be applied in a variety of situations This book is for practitioners and researchers in applied mathematics, geography, economics, and interdisciplinary fields such as regional science and complexity science. It can also be used as the basis of a modelling course for postgraduate students.

Collaborative Approach to Trade

Author : Francesca Romana Medda
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319470396
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Collaborative Approach to Trade written by Francesca Romana Medda and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book applies regional analysis to the challenges facing global investment agencies seeking to enhance trade in lagging regions. It shows how spatial interaction and agent-based modelling can be used as the basis for developing new plans and policies. An in-depth analysis of trade routes is presented, which can be used to develop policies for increasing efficiency and reducing costs. Landlocked Uganda and the sea-locked South Pacific Islands serve to illustrate the problems of covering sizable distances, accelerating export flows and improving supply chain efficiency. These examples also provide an excellent illustration of the power of regional science, from assembling data bases in difficult situations to developing and applying models of the trade system.

Africa Can Help Feed Africa

Author : The World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Africa Can Help Feed Africa written by The World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2012 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rise in global food prices and the ever-growing food import bill have prompted sharp attention on agricultural policies in Africa. African policy makers are grappling with what unstable food prices mean for their countries; how these price movements will affect their food security situation; how the private sector is likely to respond; and what governments themselves can do. In addition, they fear that global warming may significantly change the location of food production within Africa. This report discusses how opening up cross-border trade will boost the potential for greater food production in Africa and contribute to food security by improving poor people’s access to food and by increasing returns to poor farmers for the food they produce.

Data Analysis and Optimization for Engineering and Computing Problems

Author : Pandian Vasant
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030481492
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Data Analysis and Optimization for Engineering and Computing Problems written by Pandian Vasant and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the proceedings of The EAI International Conference on Computer Science: Applications in Engineering and Health Services (COMPSE 2019). The conference highlighted the latest research innovations and applications of algorithms designed for optimization applications within the fields of Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Management, Finance and Economics and Health Systems. Focusing on a variety of methods and systems as well as practical examples, this conference is a significant resource for post graduate-level students, decision makers, and researchers in both public and private sectors who are seeking research-based methods for modelling uncertain and unpredictable real-world problems.

Revitalising Lagging Regions

Author : Mariachiara Barzotto
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000042464
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Revitalising Lagging Regions written by Mariachiara Barzotto and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-01-06 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Expo book brings together leading academic and policymaker experts to reflect on the significant challenges faced by lagging regions in participating in the European Union’s Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) programme. In doing so, the book offers a set of new policy recommendations on the design and implementation of appropriate Smart Specialisation Strategies (S3) in lagging regions, which may enable them to benefit from the opportunities of digitalisation and Industry 4.0 (I4.0).

Policy Integration for Complex Environmental Problems

Author : Helen Briassoulis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351910523
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Policy Integration for Complex Environmental Problems written by Helen Briassoulis and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes a comprehensive conceptualization of policy integration and negotiates pertinent theoretical, methodological and applied issues from the perspective of selected EU policies - rural development, regional development, transport, social, economic, environmental, water resources, and biodiversity policy.

Toward New Sources of Competitiveness in Bangladesh

Author : Sanjay Kathuria
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464806489
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)

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Book Synopsis Toward New Sources of Competitiveness in Bangladesh by : Sanjay Kathuria

Download or read book Toward New Sources of Competitiveness in Bangladesh written by Sanjay Kathuria and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bangladesh's ambition is to build on its very solid growth and poverty reduction achievements, and accelerate growth to become a middle income country by 2021, and share prosperity more widely amongst its citizens. This includes one of its greatest development challenges: to provide gainful employment to the over 2 million people that will join the labor force each year over the next decade. Moreover, only 54.1 million of its 94 million working age people are employed. Bangladesh needs to use its labor endowment even more intensively to increase growth and, in turn, to absorb the incoming labor. The Diagnostic Trade Integration Study identifies the following actions centered around four pillars to sustain and accelerate export growth: (1) breaking into new markets through a) better trade logistics to reduce delivery lags; as world markets become more competitive and newer products demand shorter lead times, to generate new sources of competitiveness and thereby enable market diversification; and b) better exploitation of regional trading opportunities in nearby growing and dynamic markets, especially East and South Asia; (2) breaking into new products through a) more neutral and rational trade policy and taxation and bonded warehouse schemes; b) concerted efforts to spur domestic investment and attract foreign direct investment, to contribute to export promotion and diversification, including by easing the energy and land constraints; and c) strategic development and promotion of services trade; (3) improving worker and consumer welfare by a) improving skills and literacy; b) implementing labor and work safety guidelines; and c) making safety nets more effective in dealing with trade shocks; and (4) building a supportive environment, including a) sustaining sound macroeconomic fundamentals; and b) strengthening the institutional capacity for strategic policy making aimed at the objective of international competitiveness to help bring focus and coherence to the government's reform efforts.

Contemporary Logistics in China

Author : Ling Wang
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811010528
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary Logistics in China written by Ling Wang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-06-20 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the sixth volume in a series entitled “Contemporary Logistics in China,” authored by researchers at the Logistics Center, Nankai University. In the spirit of the five preceding volumes, published annually in previous years, this book carries on the ideal of providing a systematic exposition on the development of logistics in China to the English-speaking community. Specifically, this volume captures China’s logistics development at a crucial turning point. On the one hand, it echoes the new horizon advocated by the Government’s One-Belt-One-Road Initiative for global cooperation; on the other, it resonates with the new blueprint of implementing the main contents of the 13th Five-year Plan on logistics development. Subjects covered include the macro-factors pertaining to logistics development, region-specific plans, industry-wide transformation, globally oriented moves, and current hot topics. Expositions and analyses on these subjects are based on the latest available sources and statistical data. As with the previous volumes, the ultimate aim of this book is to present a timely portrait of the rapid growth of China’s logistics market and the status of its logistics industry’s evolution. In so doing, this book offers an in-depth analysis of the critical issues and dilemmas amid the ongoing, dynamic and multi-faceted development, and presents a valuable reference source for interested readers in the academic and professional fields.

Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment

Author : Yiagadeesen Samy
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031390393
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (313 download)

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Download or read book Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment written by Yiagadeesen Samy and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Eurasian Cities

Author : Souleymane Coulibaly
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821395823
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)

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Download or read book Eurasian Cities written by Souleymane Coulibaly and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2012-09-07 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eurasia has gone through tremendous changes over the past 20 years, which are impacting the function and the form of its cities. Looking ahead, policy makers need to promote the changes that will make Eurasian cities the main drivers of Eurasia s growth, via better planning, connectivity, greening, and new financing.

OECD Regional Development Studies Rethinking Regional Attractiveness in the New Global Environment

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 926447028X
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (644 download)

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Download or read book OECD Regional Development Studies Rethinking Regional Attractiveness in the New Global Environment written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2023-07-05 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rethinking Regional Attractiveness in the New Global Environment report highlights lessons learned from multiple regional case studies from five EU countries (Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Sweden), additional work with Latin American and Caribbean regions, and a series of webinars and one-on-one dialogues on rethinking regional attractiveness. The OECD’s innovative multidimensional approach to assessing regional attractiveness considers global engagement beyond international connections and economic factors alone.