The treatment gap in African countries has been mainly attributed to inadequately skilled personnel, cost of treatment, cultural beliefs, and unavailability of drugs, although lack of accessible health facilities has also been noted (50, 51, 91, 112, 114, 124– 124).
But even those who doubt that are impressed by its wealth of highly skilled, low-cost professionals.
But many people who work in financial markets "are highly skilled at cost-benefit analysis," Mr. Bharara told me.
Technology heavyweights have long looked to Eastern Europe for skilled, lower-cost software talent to help out big projects.
The company is considering investing as much as $1 billion in a fully integrated consumer electronics plant in North Korea to take advantage of the country's highly skilled, low-cost labor force.
The country's long border with Germany, and its own skilled, low-cost labor force, make Poland an attractive place to make heavy consumer goods like cars and home appliances.
Hilbert, a smooth-talking salesman whose first success was selling encyclopedias door-to-door, is skilled at cost-cutting, too.
Foreign investors have been attracted by a highly-skilled, low cost workforce and have set up yards alongside traditional family-owned businesses on Turkey's southern coast.
Moreover, with a strategic location at the heart of Asia, rich supply of natural resources, and a skilled and cost-effective work force, Thailand serves as a hub of exporting to Southeast Asia [ 38] where newly emerging markets offer great business potential.
Indian companies say the advantages of the country's high-skilled, low-cost work force are outweighing the disadvantages imposed by its infrastructure and bureaucracy, and even there they see improvement.
