Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Daryl Vaz, is leading a high level delegation on a fact finding visit to the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) sector in the Phillippines.
Meetings will be held with Philippine officials to examine how the Information Technology and BPO sectors have successfully driven job creation and economic growth.
The group will also engage in site visits to Technology Parks and Special Economic Zones to understand best practices in infrastructure development to attract investors.
The Philippines is one of the top outsourcing countries around the globe, with more than 700 I.T. and BPO firms as well as global in-house centres.
The Government of Jamaica has identified the BPO sector as one of the growth and job creation sectors.
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