Governor of the Ryazan Region, head of the State Council Committee on "Efficient and Competitive Economy" Pavel Malkov became one of the speakers at the plenary meeting on the Economy Day of the platform at the Russia Science Center. Malkov pointed out that the platform economy, first of all, reduces transaction costs in the commercial and governmental spheres, accelerates the economy and stimulates new products and services.
This is an opportunity for local producers to reach consumers in other regions and countries. Ryazan was one of the pilots in the "Growth Platform" program of ASI and RVB. We taught small businesses how to sell through platforms. Over the course of a year, the total turnover of project participants doubled, some of them increased 6-8 times.
According to Malkov, the huge potential of the platform economy lies in sectors with a large number of different participants with high costs of finding partners. As an example, he cited the agricultural sector, where platforms can connect producers to distribution networks, eliminating marketers.