Episode 195: UPU supporting posts, and the USA USO
Ian Kerr
Sandra Bonfigli, Procurement Unit, UPU Development Cooperation Directorate
Paul Steidler, Senior Fellow, Lexington Institute
Sandra Bonfigli, from the Procurement Unit of the UPU Development Cooperation Directorate, outlines how the UPU is distributing key safety equipment for postal workers in least development countries:
The role of the UPU in responding to natural disasters
Distributing personal protection kits to various countries
How the UPU partnered with another UN agency to overcome difficulties such as airport closures and air cargo shortages
Then Paul Steidler from the Lexington Institute joins me to discuss the Universal Service Obligation (USO) in the USA:
Current obligations on the US Postal Service
How USOs are defined (or not defined!) in the USA
Defining a letter
Frequency of delivery
Could parcels become part of the USO?
Pharmaceutical deliveries
Is there political will to reach a compromise?
Postal reform and losses in the letters service
Regulatory relief in other countries
Political barriers to reform or regulatory relief
Viability of the letters service
The possibility of reducing the number of delivery days per week
Pricing
The post office network
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