World Bank
Invites you to take part in a Quickstart seminar/videoconference on:
Offshoring: Global Trends and Market Strategies for Developing Countries
Leveraging ICTs to Enable Job Creation and Exports of Services
Speakers:
Randeep Sudan, Senior ICT Policy Specialist, CITPO, World Bank
Ismail Radwan, Senior PSD Specialist, SASFP, World Bank
Eloy Eduardo Vidal, Lead Telecommunications Engineer, GICT, World Bank
Discussant:
Kwaku Ofusu Darkwa, Chief Director, Ministry of Communications,
Ghana
Chair:
Sudhakar Kaveeshwar, Manager, ISGEA, World Bank
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
9:00 am ? 11:00 am
Live Webcast will start at 9:00 am EST on Feb. 7 at:
http://www.worldbank.org/edevelopment/live
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
Offshoring and outsourcing have become industry buzzwords. Offshoring was a key
issue in the last US election with Democrats raising the specter of well-paid
American jobs disappearing to low-wage locations in developing countries.
Offshoring is also the topic of many new books and articles. But despite
gaining in popularity, the concept itself remains poorly understood and its
potential for developing and transition countries remains largely unexploited.
Offshoring, or the process whereby one company delegates responsibility for
performing a function or series of tasks to operation based in another country,
now represents a US$100 billion market: a market that is growing exponentially,
at more than 30 percent per annum. In India, a global leader in this area, IT
offshored exports account for close to US$22 billion and represent significant
share of the country?s total export revenues. The total number of jobs created
in the Indian IT industry is 700,000 and rising, with many jobs filled by women
and 2.5 million jobs indirectly.
Can other countries replicate this successful model? What are the key
challenges and opportunities? What are the key measures that developing and
transition countries need to put in place to succeed in this area? What are the
global trends and successful market strategies? These questions will be answered
drawing on international experience with a special focus on recent experience
from the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh and Sri Lanka in terms of efforts to
develop a successful offshoring industry as well as World Bank's own experience
in ousourcing to developing countries.
For further information on the seminar or to join our mailing list, please write
to [EMAIL PROTECTED], visit http://www.worldbank.org/edevelopment or
contact Oleg Petrov (e-TG Facilitator) at 202-4738861
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