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Developing Nations Begin to Embrace Internet Commerce



[from http://www.sdnp.undp.org/observatory/]


Developing Nations Begin to Embrace Internet Commerce


For businesses that export services from developing nations, the 
Internet can be equally critical. The Unctad report, for instance, 
noted the rise of "business process outsourcing," in which companies 
in countries with high labor costs contract information technology 
and other service jobs to foreign workers abroad. Some American 
companies have begun to use Indian workers to handle online 
monitoring of their information systems. (Source: New York Times)


Full Story at 
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/24/technology/24ecom.html
?ei=5062&en=09333a666d283e5c&ex=1070254800