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Poorer nations to reap rewards of trend to outsourcing
Geneva, Switzerland - The outsourcing of business operations via the internet could earn some of the world's poorest countries billions of dollars over the next few years, according to a United Nations study.
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Poorer nations to reap rewards of trend to outsourcing
By Frances Williams in Geneva
Published: November 21 2003 4:00 | Last Updated: November 21 2003 4:00
The outsourcing of business operations via the internet could earn some of the world's poorest countries billions of dollars over the next few years, according to a United Nations study.
In its latest annual report on electronic commerce published yesterday, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) says even countries such as Cambodia with minimal telecommunications infrastructure and low education levels can offer basic business process outsourcing (BPO) services such as data entry.