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by kylehotchkiss 760 days ago
Don't forget a favorable immigration environment for the many many smart people in India who don't win visa lotteries to western countries
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It's basically just this. Dubai is a way to hire Indians without having to set up shop in India. Likewise, Singapore for the Chinese. And all of Canada.

Much of this immigration-driven offshoring or, shall I coin it, "glamorshoring" will stop or even reverse once H1B fraud is reduced in the next few years.