The Global Opportunity in IT-Based Services

Randeep Sudan

Description

Rapid advances in information technology (IT) and the resulting global connectivity are fueling dynamic growth in the services sector. Demand for IT and IT-enabled services (ITES) is estimated to represent a $500 billion annual market, of which only about 20 percent has been realized. Thus, this sector is creating new opportunities for economic growth, social empowerment, and grassroots innovation in developing countries. The potential for employment for youth and women is a particular benefit.
This book is a practical guide for policy makers aiming to grow their IT services and ITES industries. It defines the development impact of the two industries and then analyzes factors crucial to the competitiveness of a country or location-including skills, cost advantages, infrastructure, and a hospitable business environment. It examines the potential competitiveness of small countries and of least developed countries specifically.
This volume presents the Location Readiness Index, a modeling tool developed by McKinsey and Company for the World Bank and the Information Development Program. The index helps countries to identify their areas of relative strengths and weaknesses and to focus their efforts on interventions with the greatest likelihood for success. The book concludes by discussing specific policy options for enabling growth in the IT services and ITES industries.

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• Publié par: world-bank-publications
• Publié le: 21 avril 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 19
• EAN13: 9780821381939
• Langue: English
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Extrait

Rapid advances in information technology (IT) and the resulting
global connectivity are fueling dynamic growth in the services
sector. Demand for IT and IT-enabled services (ITES) is estimated
to represent a $500 billion annual market, of which only about
20 percent has been realized. Thus, this sector is creating new
opportunities for economic growth, social empowerment, and
grassroots innovation in developing countries. The potential for
employment for youth and women is a particular benefit.
This book is a practical guide for policy makers aiming to grow
their IT services and ITES industries. It defines the development
impact of the two industries and then analyzes factors crucial to
the competitiveness of a country or location—including skills, cost
advantages, infrastructure, and a hospitable business environment.
It examines the potential competitiveness of small countries and of
least developed countries specifically.
This volume presents the Location Readiness Index, a modeling
tool developed by McKinsey & Company for the World Bank and
the Information Development Program. The index helps countries
to identify their areas of relative strengths and weaknesses and to
focus their efforts on interventions with the greatest likelihood for
success. The book concludes by discussing specific policy options
for enabling growth in the IT services and ITES industries.
ASSESSING AND ENHANCING
COUNTRY COMPETITIVENESS
Randeep Sudan
Seth Ayers
Philippe Dongier
Arturo Muente-Kunigami
ISBN 978-0-8213-8192-2
Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang
SKU 18192ASSESSING AND ENHANCING
COUNTRY COMPETITIVENESS
Randeep Sudan
Seth Ayers
Philippe Dongier
Arturo Muente-Kunigami
Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang© 2010 T e International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / T e World Bank
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ivContents
Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xi
About the Authors xiii
Abbreviations xvii
Trends and Opportunities for Developing Countries 1
IT-Based Services: Global Outlook 2
Country Competitiveness in the Global Market of
IT-Based Services 11
Policy Options to Enhance Competitiveness 22
Conclusion 38
Appendix A: The Location Readiness Index
as a Diagnostic Tool 41
Dimensions of the LRI: What Is Needed to Be Competitive? 41
The LRI Model 49
Applying the LRI Model to the United States, India,
Indonesia, and Kenya 52
Appendix B: Application of the Location Readiness
Index to Indonesia and Kenya 55
Talent Pool 57
Cost 62
Infrastructure 65
Business and Living Environment 67
Risk 67
Market Maturity 69
vCONTENTS
Using the LRI to Improve the IT/ITES Landscape
in Kenya and Indonesia 71
Impact on the Economy 77
Notes 79
References and Other Resources 83
Index 89
Boxes
1 Government and University Initiatives in Skills
Development for IT Services and ITES 30
B.1 Calculating the Talent Index 58
Figures
1 Global Opportunities for IT Services and ITES 4
2 India’s Addressable Market for Vertical and
Horizontal ITES Functions 6
3 Global Distribution of Offshore IT Services and
ITES Markets 7
A.1 Main Dimensions and Components of the LRI 46
A.2 Interpreting the LRI Index Scores 48
A.3 LRI Model: Start Screen 49
A.4 LRI Model: Primary Data Dialog Box 50
A.5 LRI Model: Secondary and Index Data Dialog Boxes 53
B.1 Indonesia and Kenya Compared with India and the
United States 56
B.2 Calculation of Total Stock of Ready-to-Hire Employees 57
B.3 Indonesia’s Ready-to-Hire Population 60
B.4 Kenya’s Ready-to-Hire Population 61
B.5 Cost of Operations: Data Processing 63
B.6 Average End-to-End Cost of a 2-Megabits-per-Second
Leased Line 64
B.7 Market Maturity Index 70
B.8 Addressing Talent and Real Estate Gaps in Kenya 72
B.9 Percentage of Personal Computers with Pirated Software
Installed, Middle East and Africa, 2008 74
B.10 Addressing the Talent and Real Estate Gaps in Indonesia 75
B.11
Installed, Asia Pacific, 2008 76
viCONTENTS
Tables
1 A Typology of IT Services and ITES 3
2 Frameworks for Assessment of Locations for IT Services
and ITES 12
3 Relative Percentage of Components in the Total Cost
of Offshoring 15
4 NASSCOM ITES Skill Competence Testing Themes 28
B.1 Labor Cost per Hour per Full-Time Equivalent for
Data Processing 64
B.2 Quality of Infrastructure Index 66
B.3 Business and Living Environment Index 68
B.4 Overall Risk Index 69
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