author argues that letter delivery (as opposed to other services that may be provided by post offices) is not in universal … relationship between postal performance (as measured by letters per capita allowing for income per capita), trust in the postal … postal efficiency and trust in the postal network will improve the performance of the postal network. The author suggests …

National Post Office (ENPO), unions, private sector operators, and customers (institutional, corporate, and private customers …

Postal networks in the nine countries in the Asian region profiled here have 289,067 post offices. In many of these … Asian countries, post offices have provided payments and savings services for more than 130 years. At the end of 2002, 335 …

of the Vietnam postal network and post bank are also reviewed from the perspective of the financial sector development …. With its 920 post offices (of 3,000), VPSC operates the second-largest financial service network in the country. It … sustainable growth of VPSC and including the post offices in its provision of low-threshold access to basic financial services. …

"Chen and Dahlman assess the effects of knowledge on economic growth. By using an array of indicators, each of which … represents an aspect of knowledge, as independent variables in cross-section regressions that span 92 countries for the period … 1960 to 2000, they show that knowledge is a significant determinant of long-term economic growth. In particular, the …

expanding information and communication technologies. The success of a knowledge-economy strategy depends on coordinated … innovation-driven economy. Part 2 describes the policies to be implemented in key areas of the knowledge economy: governance … improved their global competitiveness by taking the first steps in the direction of the knowledge economy. The World Bank Group …