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Research Projects
FY 2016/2017 Research Topic: C-35
Poverty Alleviation and the Role of Convenience Store Chains
Outline
Convenience stores have evolved into "Japanese style convenience stores" since they were first imported from the United States in 1974. Japanese style convenience stores are now becoming a distinguished business model in East Asian countries such as Taiwan, Korea and China. Japanese style convenience stores have also started penetrating into Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand, Philippines, Singapore and Indonesia, and they may soon expand to Malaysia, Vietnam and Cambodia. This new business model could have huge impacts on service standards, logistics modernization and accessibility of ordinary people to public services such as paying water, electricity, telephone and other bills. We will study the current situation of convenience stores in Southeast Asia and their possible impacts on poverty alleviation in those countries.
Period
April 2016 - March 2018
Members of the Research Project
Publications
- First year: Interim Report
- Second year: IDE Selected Book Series