India tops list of top offshoring locations
{{date|February 8, 2005}}
[[w:London|London]] - [[:Category:India|India]] has placed first in the ''Economist'' Magazine's list of the top [[w:offshoring|offshoring]] locations in the world. The list, compiled by the ''Economist Intelligence Unit'', measured the attractiveness of 60 countries as destinations for offshoring, scoring each country on nine criteria commonly used by companies when deciding where to locate offshore. The list was compiled as part of the ''Economist CEO Briefing 2005''. India came out first with a overall score of 7.76, followed by [[:Category:China|China]] with 7.34 and the [[:Category:Czech Republic|Czech Republic]] with 7.26. The list was dominated by Eastern European and South East Asian countries. The top developed country was [[:Category:Canada|Canada]] with 7.23, ranking 6th overall. 

The top fifteen were as follows:

'''1st''' - India with 7.76 points <br>
'''2nd''' - China - with 7.34 points <br>
'''3rd''' - Czech Republic - with 7.26 points <br>
'''4th''' - Singapore - with 7.25 points <br>
'''5th''' - Poland - with 7.24 points <br>
'''6th''' - Canada - 7.23 points <br>
'''7th''' - Hong Kong - 7.19 points <br>
'''8th''' - Hungary - 7.17 points <br>
'''9th''' - Philippines - 7.17 points <br>
'''10th''' - Thailand - 7.16 points <br>
'''11th''' - Malaysia - 7.13 points <br>
'''12th''' - Slovakia - 7.12 points <br>
'''13th''' - Bulgaria - 7.09 points <br>
'''14th''' - Romania - 7.08 points <br>
'''15th''' - Chile - 7.08 points <br>

==References==

*''[http://graphics.eiu.com/files/ad_pdfs/CEO_BRIEFING_2005_WP.pdf Economist CEO Briefing 2005]'' - 8 Feb 2005
*''[http://www.finfacts.com/irelandbusinessnews/publish/article_1000394.shtml  Competition intensifies for global offshoring]'' - [http://www.finfacts.com/ Finfacts] - 8 Feb 2005

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London - India has placed first in the Economist Magazine's list of the top offshoring locations in the world. The list, compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit, measured the attractiveness of 60 countries as destinations for offshoring, scoring each country on nine criteria commonly used by companies when deciding where to locate offshore. The list was compiled as part of the Economist CEO Briefing 2005. India came out first with a overall score of 7.76, followed by China with 7.34 and the Czech Republic with 7.26. The list was dominated by Eastern European and South East Asian countries. The top developed country was Canada with 7.23, ranking 6th overall. 

The top fifteen were as follows:

'1st' - India with 7.76 points 
'2nd' - China - with 7.34 points 
'3rd' - Czech Republic - with 7.26 points 
'4th' - Singapore - with 7.25 points 
'5th' - Poland - with 7.24 points 
'6th' - Canada - 7.23 points 
'7th' - Hong Kong - 7.19 points 
'8th' - Hungary - 7.17 points 
'9th' - Philippines - 7.17 points 
'10th' - Thailand - 7.16 points 
'11th' - Malaysia - 7.13 points 
'12th' - Slovakia - 7.12 points 
'13th' - Bulgaria - 7.09 points 
'14th' - Romania - 7.08 points 
'15th' - Chile - 7.08 points
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