Mexico IT Industry Development Project

Mexico IT Industry Development Project

GDP: $1.14 trillion

2008

Population: 110 million

2008

Spanish: 1 (US 5)

Students (IT) > 400,000 enrolled

65,000 graduate every year in IT

IT/ITES: $4.72b

2007

Employment: 226,284

2007

ITES Market: 5%

2007

IT & BPO States

IT States

BPO States

Nuevo León

Sonora

Chihuahua

Jalisco

Coahuila

Tamau-lipas

Baja California

DF/ EdoMex

QuerétaroAguascalientes

AT Kearney

Funding: $80m

“to foster the creation of jobs in Mexican IT Companies by improving their access to:

(a) a larger supply of trained personnel;

(b) technologies and global marketing networks of Multinationals; and

(c) private debt finance”. Objectives

1. IT/ITES jobs created by the IT Industry as a result of training programs

2. IT Companies’ satisfaction rating with the IT Links Program

3. Increased overall debt portfolio of IT Companies in the financial system

Indicators

MexicoFIRST $38.3m

CANIETI & ANIEI

Founders

Software Developers

TSP & PSP

CMMI

Example

IT Clusters: $9m

• IT Link

• Certification

Examples

Financing of IT companies accreditation: $2.9m

IT Parks: $10.1m

PPP model

eGov: $2.7m

PPPs, Integration Competency Center, training

Legal & Regulatory: $6.1m

1. IT legal and regulatory framework

2. Training for legislators, judges, public servants, law enforcement officers

3. Creation of a local Masters program in IT Law, training professors of Law on IT issues, regulations and enforcement best practices

Examples

Prosoft: $3.6m

1. Private sector linkages

2. Thinking global on skills

3. eGov as an instrument

4. Multiple fronts

5. Crossing the river by feeling the stones

Key messages

Leadership!

Bottom-line

Randeep SudanLead ICT Policy Specialist

Global ICT DepartmentThe World Bank

[email protected]

Mumbai February 10, 2009