In "Can Goa ever think hi-tech?" by Joseph Zuzarte, the following drawbacks to a vibrant IT sector are listed:
1. High level of corruption 2. Political instability 3. Inadequate supply of local software engineers 4. Inadequate supply of residential and other civic amenities for any large aggregation of software engineers. 5. Tendency of politicians to announce plans for IT parks in their consitituencies with the sole purpose of driving up the value of land. (Sounds familiar in the Mopa context too!) Zuzarte observes that IT hardware units like Zenith and D-Link have been successful in Goa even as software biggies like Wipro hesitate to come in. There are even a number of small call centres operating in Goa. The latter are reportedly hampered by power failures and voltage fluctuations which are a daily and widespread occurrence. He calls for the government to provide a genuinely facilitating environment in which all commercial organisations can run their businesses in a meaningful and productive way.
