Ten reasons why...
outsourcing benefits both poorer countries and
the west.
As
companies in the US and Europe seek to benefit from a highly skilled
workforce in India and other countries, they are coming under
attack from misguided activists. Dr Syed Kamall, Program Director of
the GBRI give gives ten reasons why
outsourcing benefits both rich and poorer countries.
- Outsourcing allows companies to generate wealth in poorer countries.
- Outsourcing allows aid from the west to be reduced, displaced by local workers generating wealth and foreign investment.
- Outsourcing allows western companies to create jobs in poorer countries.
- Creating jobs in poorer countries allows local workers to earn a living in their own country and reduces immigration to the west.
- Outsourcing allows men and women in poorer countries to feed themselves.
- Outsourcing jobs to poorer countries allows western companies to reduce costs and pass on savings to customers.
- Outsourcing allows workers in poorer countries to improve their skills to provide products and services that western consumers require.
- Western companies outsourcing services can improve workers conditions and rights in poorer countries.
- Companies in poorer countries that win outsourcing contracts from western companies may themselves seek international opportunities and
invest in western countries creating jobs in the west.
- Outsourcing reveals the “nationalist” tendencies of the anti-globalisation movement since they oppose workers in poorer countries
benefiting from the wealth of western countries.
Dr Syed Kamall is the Program Director of the GBRI. You can email him at: syed@gbri.org.
Adrian Pepper is the editor of this series. If you have any comments or would like to submit your own list, please email him at: adrian@gbri.org.
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