Top 10 Riskiest Outsourcing locations in the world

We have published number of posts over last couple of years on Top Outsourcing companies, best managed outsourcing companies and Top outsourcing Destinations, but this list is exactly opposite to that.

This list gives you the riskiest cities to outsource your work. If you are looking to outsource your work to any of these countries, think twice !

This list has been published by Black Book of Outsourcing who have been doing it for last 3 years.

The rankings of the riskiest places are based on factors like high terrorist or rebel target threats, uncontrolled environment waste and pollution, corruption and organised crime, unstable currency, geopolitical conditions and unsecured networks and technology.

Here are the top 10 riskiest cities for outsourcing.

1. Bogota, Columbia

Local Strife & Obstructive Forces to Capitalism – 9.11
Corruption & Organized Crime – 9.81
Transnational & Geopolitical Issues – 3.22
Unstable Currency – 8.23
Unsecured & Unprotected Networks – 9.83

2. Bangkok, Thailand

Local Strife & Obstructive Forces to Capitalism – 8.83
Corruption & Organized Crime – 9.03
Transnational & Geopolitical Issues – 1.84
Unstable Currency – 8.89
Unsecured & Unprotected Networks – 9.73

3. Johannesburg. South Africa

Local Strife & Obstructive Forces to Capitalism – 9.25
Corruption & Organized Crime – 9.59
Transnational & Geopolitical Issues – 4.64
Unstable Currency – 7.83
Unsecured & Unprotected Networks – 9.19

4. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Local Strife & Obstructive Forces to Capitalism – 5.60
Corruption & Organized Crime – 7.39
Transnational & Geopolitical Issues – 1.99
Unstable Currency – 6.74
Unsecured & Unprotected Networks – 9.33

5. Kingston, Jamaica

Local Strife & Obstructive Forces to Capitalism – 3.50
Corruption & Organized Crime – 8.35
Transnational & Geopolitical Issues – 0.32
Unstable Currency – 3.33
Unsecured & Unprotected Networks – 9.39

6. Delhi/Noida/Gurgaon, India

Woohoo we have an Indian City as well here

Local Strife & Obstructive Forces to Capitalism – 4.03
Corruption & Organized Crime – 4.88
Transnational & Geopolitical Issues – 9.04
Unstable Currency – 5.13
Unsecured & Unprotected Networks – 8.25

7. Manila/Cebu/Makati, Philippines

Local Strife & Obstructive Forces to Capitalism – 2.05
Corruption & Organized Crime – 7.89
Transnational & Geopolitical Issues – 3.96
Unstable Currency – 4.27
Unsecured & Unprotected Networks – 6.96

8. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Local Strife & Obstructive Forces to Capitalism – 4.03
Corruption & Organized Crime – 9.27
Transnational & Geopolitical Issues – 3.34
Unstable Currency – 3.21
Unsecured & Unprotected Networks – 7.11

9. Mumbai, India

Another Indian city !

Local Strife & Obstructive Forces to Capitalism – 4.89
Corruption & Organized Crime – 5.38
Transnational & Geopolitical Issues – 8.29
Unstable Currency – 3.33
Unsecured & Unprotected Networks – 5.52

10. Jerusalem, Israel

Local Strife & Obstructive Forces to Capitalism – 7.67
Corruption & Organized Crime – 2.91
Transnational & Geopolitical Issues – 8.55
Unstable Currency – 4.24
Unsecured & Unprotected Networks – 7.42
source: Black Book of Outsourcing

I know what you are thinking, how come Indian cities feature in this list if India is the Top outsourcing country in the world !

The reason is simple, although it is one of the riskiest cities for outsourcing, the benefits like  low cost labour, English speaking population far outweigh the risks involved. !

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Author: Arun Prabhudesai

Arun Prabhudesai is founder / chief editor at trak.in. He jumped the Entrepreneurship bandwagon in early 2008 after a long 13 year stint in I.T Industry. You can follow him on twitter @trakin or get in touch with him at admin-at-trak-dot-in or 91.9822575676.

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