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Thank You – Logistics Bureau is 19 this Month

Logistics Bureau

Providing education for 19 kids in a remote community in Cambodia. Distributing sight saving Vitamins to 19,000 kids in Africa. We’re adding some of our favourite projects: IT and literacy skills training for 19 kids in remote Aboriginal communities. Planting 19 trees in the Daintree Rainforest.

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Pharma Trend: Companies are Waiving Drug Patents in Developing Countries

Elementum

In response to criticisms that many new drugs are too expensive for many people in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced on Thursday, March 31, that it will not be filing patents for its products in the world’s poorest countries, while continuously seeking patent protection in rich countries.

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Logistics Bureau is 20 years old this month!

Logistics Bureau

Earlier this week I emailed everyone on our database, and on behalf of each person, we donated sight saving vitamins to 20 children in East Africa. Provide 20 months of access to solar lighting for a remote community in Cambodia. Without you, Logistics Bureau would not have turned into such a great success story. And a lot of kids!

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Tuk-tuk: funny name, but: Real transportation

The Lean Supply Chain

Tuk-tuk variants, referred to as auto rickshaws, can be found throughout Asia, India, Africa, South America, and even in Europe. Cambodia recently announced a new fleet of low-emission tuk-tuks equipped with Wi-Fi. Tuk-tuks Around the World.

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Interoceanic Passages

Abivin

It serves as a detour for ships traveling between ports in Europe, America, and ports in southern Asia, eastern Africa, and Oceania. The Suez Canal closure severely disrupted global trade and encouraged the construction of ever-larger tankers to travel the lengthy circum-Africa route.

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China’s Historic Silk Road is Resurrected from the Rubble

Elementum

It will span global waters to facilitate inter and intranational trade, establishing new ports from along China’s southeast coast to Africa, the Mediterranean region and beyond. The second prong is the “21st Century Maritime route.” Investments, Cooperation, and Controversy. “We President Xi Jin Ping.

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Global Sourcing and Human Rights Go Hand in Hand

NC State SCRC

Organizations continue to scour global markets for even lower labor rates, moving from Western China to the Pearl River, and now to Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, and North Africa.