A guide to outsourcing in Mexico.
- Overall Ranking: Challenging
- Average 2nd Year Programmer Salary: $10,000-$15,000
- Geopolitical Risk: Moderate
- English Proficency: Poor
- Pros: Second largest IT services market in Latin America and still growing. Increasingly attractive as a call center platform for serving Spanish-speaking populations. Call center positions expected to grow from 33,500 today to 80,000 by 2010, according to Datamonitor. Weakness of peso against dollar provides additional savings. IBM, Accenture and EDS maintain signifi cant presence.
- Cons: Poor English skills and IT process discipline. Rising costs. Best for low-level application development and maintenance services requiring minimal interaction.
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