Over 1B Persons, 2024 (1004 million) Based on Latin America and Caribbean Population from the WBG + US Population
(US Census Bureau)
The Caribbean is the ideal nearshore market for the U.S. with similar time zones and nonstop flights from the majority of major U.S. cities. Companies like itel international, a customer experience company, have leveraged the Caribbean advantage to grow from zero to 4,000 employees in under a decade.
Multinational companies are choosing to bring their technology and business support projects to the Caribbean with 1.3 billion being invested in 130 projects in the Caribbean’s BPO sector from 2006 to 2020 (fDi Markets). These investments resulted in the creation of over 43,600 jobs, something the Caribbean can support due to the region’s highly educated, multilingual workforce. Afterall, the Caribbean’s 95 higher education institutions graduate 80,000+ students annually, 38 percent of whom have degrees in social sciences and economics.
Itelbpo, Xerox, Scotiabank, KPMG, Sutherland Global, Vistaprint, IBEX, HGS, Teleperformance, Qualfon, KM2 Solutions and others have call centers, finance and accounting, back office, medical processing, health care, and non-voice service centers in the Caribbean. They are leveraging the Caribbean’s unique advantages, such as:
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