South Meets South : Enriching the Development Menu

African countries, like Nigeria, with an emerging information technology (IT) industry, are examples of how globalization has opened up vast new opportunities. Information technology and business process outsourcing is a multibillion dollar talent-driven industry with a market that is still untapped...

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Main Authors: Maruri, Enrique, Fraeters, Han
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6075
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spelling okr-10986-60752021-04-23T14:02:24Z South Meets South : Enriching the Development Menu Maruri, Enrique Fraeters, Han brokers Cash Transfers communities developing countries economic crisis Foreign Direct Investment globalization income income levels information technology IT outsourcing know-how local capacity media microfinance middle-income countries monopoly outsourcing transparency Trust Fund African countries, like Nigeria, with an emerging information technology (IT) industry, are examples of how globalization has opened up vast new opportunities. Information technology and business process outsourcing is a multibillion dollar talent-driven industry with a market that is still untapped. Africa is keen on exploring this new frontier which has the potential to create thousands of quality jobs for its young people. But to do so, it must nurture the right skills. Where can these be found? 2012-05-16T16:14:33Z 2012-05-16T16:14:33Z 2010-10 Journal Article Development Outreach http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6075 Development Outreach CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Journal Article Africa South Asia Latin America & Caribbean East Asia and Pacific India Brazil Nigeria Cuba Mexico South Africa Vietnam Mozambique
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topic brokers
Cash Transfers
communities
developing countries
economic crisis
Foreign Direct Investment
globalization
income
income levels
information technology
IT outsourcing
know-how
local capacity
media
microfinance
middle-income countries
monopoly
outsourcing
transparency
Trust Fund
spellingShingle brokers
Cash Transfers
communities
developing countries
economic crisis
Foreign Direct Investment
globalization
income
income levels
information technology
IT outsourcing
know-how
local capacity
media
microfinance
middle-income countries
monopoly
outsourcing
transparency
Trust Fund
Maruri, Enrique
Fraeters, Han
South Meets South : Enriching the Development Menu
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South Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
East Asia and Pacific
India
Brazil
Nigeria
Cuba
Mexico
South Africa
Vietnam
Mozambique
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description African countries, like Nigeria, with an emerging information technology (IT) industry, are examples of how globalization has opened up vast new opportunities. Information technology and business process outsourcing is a multibillion dollar talent-driven industry with a market that is still untapped. Africa is keen on exploring this new frontier which has the potential to create thousands of quality jobs for its young people. But to do so, it must nurture the right skills. Where can these be found?
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author Maruri, Enrique
Fraeters, Han
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Fraeters, Han
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title South Meets South : Enriching the Development Menu
title_short South Meets South : Enriching the Development Menu
title_full South Meets South : Enriching the Development Menu
title_fullStr South Meets South : Enriching the Development Menu
title_full_unstemmed South Meets South : Enriching the Development Menu
title_sort south meets south : enriching the development menu
publishDate 2012
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6075
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