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Business Process Outsourcing Takes on Global Poverty
Co-founder, Chief Development Officer, Digital Divide Data
While international aid for economic development often fails, business has the potential to bring millions of people out of poverty. For no enterprise is this more true than the unsung $300 billion industry known as Business Process Outsourcing.
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