Sydney, NSW, AU: in the age of internet, the whole world is becoming a global village. There has been exchange of goods between countries and with countries being connected with internet there is exchange of services as well. Services exchange may appear to be lopsided in favour of developing countries. Reality is that exchange in services has been even across developing and developed countries.
Developing countries are exporting services to developed countries while developed countries are exporting goods and services to developing countries. For instance no developing country makes commercial jet liners. On the other hand many developing countries make commercial jet liners that are sold to air line companies based in developing countries.
Offshore outsourcing is a tactic employed by companies that are operating in developed and developing countries. Some companies negotiate deals with businesses that are operating in developed countries like Australia and these companies have offices and operations in developing countries as well.
People in developing countries are being looked out for to work for projects that are necessary in maintaining low cost of goods and services in developed countries like Australia. Australia produces a lot of minerals that are not processed and there are developing countries that need these minerals. Sometimes processing of minerals is done to make minerals meaningful.
Minerals are one of those things that make modern world. Thus trade in goods and services is something that makes developing and developed countries both richer. Education is another strong point in case of Australia and there are number of students around the world who want to experience Australian education.
Till recently education had to be received from professors who were based in Australia while physically visiting the country. With internet there are lessons that are delivered from Australia live to students of developing countries. It is true that some students take lessons from Australian Universities as they want to obtain the permanent residence of Australia.
However there are large numbers of students who want to get expertise and then apply that to development of their own countries. Trade in education is thus also service export form countries like Australia to the developing countries. Outsourcing from Australia had been a trend of sorts but in-sourcing of services like research and education is something that is making Australia benefit as well.
Offshore outsourcing in Australia is trade in services from Australia to other developing countries that has become something of a passé.