UAE (United Arab Emirates) Hopes to Cash in on Outsourcing Rush

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DUBAI (Reuters) - After years of paying the price of petty corruption, unreliable infrastructure and laws that allow for high staff turnover, outsourcing firm Netlink is planning to buck a trend by moving from India to the United Arab Emirates.

Dubai, the UAE's trading center, is setting up the Dubai Outsourcing Zone (DOZ) in 2005 to lure businesses away from high-cost Western countries.

Luxury lifestyles, modern infrastructure, a multinational talent pool and low taxes all add to the UAE's luster compared to outsourcing kingpin India.
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"The environment in Dubai is very competitive," he said. "Income is tax free which means we can save substantially on wages... but telecommunications costs are our main inhibitor.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041128/bs_nm/emirates_outsourcing_dc

[truthisfreedom]

1. rats. i thought they kidnapped limpbutt and were going to pimp him.

dangit.

[Canuckistanian]

2. Me too

I just saw the words "outsourcing Rush" and got excited for a moment.

BTW, does China have vast resources of bigoted, arrogant political hacks? The EIB network could save a bundle!