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An Emerging Cornerstone of Last-Mile Distribution: The Power of Data and Process Digitalization
Social enterprises at the last mile are working relentlessly to close the gap in achieving the SDGs. But since their customers are generally underprivileged, they're also very sensitive to a product’s price, which means boosting efficiency is key to increasing these businesses' profitability. Thibault Lesueur and Simon Schaffner at Solaris Offgrid explore how process digitalization and interoperable software systems can streamline last-mile distribution and help these enterprises scale.
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- Energy, Entrepreneurship, Technology
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Press Release: Developing Countries Could Lose Out as Automation Competes With Low-Cost Labour
The COVID-19 pandemic will accelerate the rise of industrial automation and enable manufacturers in developed countries to compete with low-cost labour in the developing world; multinational corporations are already considering repatriating some manufacturing production as a result of the unprecedented disruption the pandemic has caused to global value chains; developing countries must respond by developing local industrial capabilities with new technologies and skills that will allow them to become more integrated into world trade.
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- Coronavirus, Technology
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Viewpoint: How Emerging Markets Will Be Disrupted by Tech
Candidate disruptive technologies include automation, artificial intelligence, aeroponics, block chain, batteries, clean energy, drones, stem cells, 3-D printing and virtual reality. The repercussions should these technologies gain traction are far from straightforward for emerging and frontier markets.
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- Technology
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Coronavirus, Employment and Data: Announcing NextBillion’s 2020 Special Series
NextBillion is pleased to announce the topics of our 2020 special series. These three year-long series will cover innovations and challenges in employment, the "untold stories" of social entrepreneurs, and the risks and opportunities of Big Data. Each will be managed by a different member of our editorial team. Check out the descriptions here, and email the appropriate editor if you’d like to discuss a potential guest article. We’re looking forward to following the discussion!
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- Entrepreneurship, NextBillion Originals, Technology
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The World’s Next Factory Won’t Be in South Asia
Faced with rising costs, Chinese manufacturers must decide whether to invest in labor-saving automation technologies or to relocate.
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- Asia Pacific
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Report: How Robots Hurt Jobs in Emerging Economies
According to one World Bank estimate, two-thirds of jobs in developing countries could be lost to automation.
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- Technology
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Viewpoint: Can Digitalisation Save Us?
On the research side, sustainability scholars and practitioners have largely ignored digital upheavals. And pioneers of digitalisation have shown little interest in the most pressing global problems. This must change.
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- Technology
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Viewpoint: How 3-D Printing Can Jumpstart Developing Economies
3D printing has one more advantage in developing countries. Because additive production is entirely digitized, it’s easier for entrepreneurs to monitor and optimize the various steps in the manufacturing process.
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- Technology
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