The Philippines is ranked #1 in the availability of knowledge-based jobs and workers worldwide, and ranked 4th among Asian nations in terms of labor quality, according to a survey conducted by the U.S. based Meta Group. Aside from the huge pool of productive, trainable and multi-skilled labor force, the country competes in the quality of its managers and information technology (IT) staff and engineers. The unique edge comes from a high level of proficiency in English (the Philippines is the 3rd largest English-speaking country in the world) (Gov.ph 2007).
Fueling the recent growth spurt in the outsourcing industry in the Philippines are more higher-end outsourcing services such as Website design and maintenance, software development, and animation (Shameen 2006).
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