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Title: IT Outlook 2004 Chapter 2: Globalisation of the ICT sector


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IT Outlook 2004Chapter 2 Globalisation of the
ICT sector
  • Section on International Sourcing
  • OECD-Eurostat Expert Meeting on Trade-in-Services
    Statistics
  • OECD April 28 2004
  • Graham Vickery and Desirée van Welsum

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International Sourcing Terminology
  • The international sourcing of IT and ICT-enabled
    services (often referred to as offshoring) is
    part of the globalisation of the ICT sector, and
    also of other services sectors
  • Offshoring includes
  • Insourcing to foreign affiliates
  • Outsourcing activities are contracted out to
    independent parties abroad
  • But (in- and) outsourcing can also take place
    domestically

3
Illustration
Onshoring, Offshoring, insourcing and outsourcing
IT and business process services Approximate
value of worldwide activity in 2001, USD
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But no official statistics on international
services sourcing ? Look at
  • Exports of services
  • if service activities are sourced
    internationally, the country receiving the
    international in- and/or outsourcing must export
    services back to the country of origin
  • Employment data
  • Input-output tables
  • Trade in intermediates

5
Growth of exports of other business services and
computer and information services
6
This shows
  • Some of the countries often mentioned in the
    outsourcing debate have experienced strong export
    growth (e.g. India)
  • But, the exports of some of these countries are
    growing from a low base

7
Share of reported total exports of other business
services and computer and information services,
1995, 2002 (IMF BoP data)
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However
  • There are discrepancies in the reported data
  • A challenge for statisticians

9
Discrepancies total services
10
Discrepancies commercial services (excl. travel
and transport)
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Discrepancies computer and information services
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Possible explanations
  • Reporting difficulties (definition of services
    and modes of delivery)
  • Lags in implementation of BPM5 methodology
  • Different data collection methods (difference
    between imports and exports surveys) and possibly
    recording criteria
  • Differences in treatment of certain categories
    (e.g. movement of temporary workers)
  • Operations of global firms

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Questions
  • How can the discrepancies be explained?
  • Is the list of possible explanations exhaustive
    or are there other plausible explanations?
  • What can be done to improve the situation
  • In the short term?
  • In the long term?
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