World’s Outsourcing Market Worth $373 Billion
New report by research firm XMG Global sees the market growing 14.4% this year, with India and China as the top two countries
In the report by Canada-based research firm XMG Global, India and China were singled out as the market’s top revenue generators, pulling in revenues worth US$48 billion and US$28 billion, respectively.
According to Vincent Altez, senior analyst at XMG, India will account for 44.8 percent of the global market, while China will hold at 25.9 percent. India’s market share is expected to remain similar over 2008, due in large to accounting adjustments following Satyam’s financial scandal and demand moving to other offshore countries.
Altez said in the report: "We are seeing new levels of normalcy in which the recession has provided the opportunity to rationalize, and shift work to other offshore destinations other than India.
XMG named the Philippines as the third-best performing destination, growing an estimated of 21.7 percent to register US$7.3 billion in revenues by year-end. The figure is still lower than the initial forecast of 24 percent, the research firm noted, where demand has been sluggish due to slower growth for IT services and delay in expansion plans by major market players in the country.
