Regional Collaboration on IT-Enabled Services : Smart Strategies for Jobs & Growth in South Asia
The new millennium catalyzed a shift in the focus of South Asian economies to the service sector. The South Asian countries share many common characteristics - a young population, familiarity with the English language, and an emphasis on quantitati...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Colombo: World Bank
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/331311468113955896/Final-full-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28250 |
| Summary: | The new millennium catalyzed a shift in
the focus of South Asian economies to the service sector.
The South Asian countries share many common characteristics
- a young population, familiarity with the English language,
and an emphasis on quantitative skills at the school level.
This report on "Regional Collaboration on Information
Technology (IT) Enabled Services-Smart Strategies for Jobs
and Growth in South Asia" was initiated by the South
Asia regional programs and South Asia poverty reduction,
economic policy, finance and private sector development
unit. It responds to a need expressed by our client
countries for World Bank support to build their capability
in the IT enabled services sector. The current study was
commissioned with a view to facilitate their efforts through
regional collaboration. This study suggests collaborative
initiatives that could drive the growth of the industry
through a two pronged approach: increase business through
joint promotional activities, sub-contracting of work,
building common standards and world class business
practices; and develop supply side resources such as skills,
support infrastructure and enabling policies. This study
makes practical recommendations for collaborative growth
between the countries in South Asia, who aspire to become
the region of choice for global outsourcing. |
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