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According to what indicator is the Russian postal service one of the last places in the world?

One of the most quoted economists in the world, American Andrey Shleifer, in 2012 presented the results of an experimental study of the work of postal services in various countries. Shleifer and his colleagues sent 2 letters to the 5 largest cities in each of the 159 countries that signed international postal agreements, which oblige them to deliver letters with addresses in Latin and return them to the sender if delivery fails. Errors were deliberately made in the addresses on the envelopes, so ideally all letters should have been sent back. As a result, a 100% return rate was recorded by the postal services of 10 countries, including the USA, Canada, Finland, Norway, and the Czech Republic. And Russia, along with such countries as Nigeria, Tajikistan and Cambodia, fell into the group of outsiders - not a single letter returned from these states.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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