What impact does Samasource have on the U.S. economy?
The work that Samasource does creates a win-win situation: our partners in developing countries and our clients in developed ones benefit simultaneously. Medium-sized firms in developing nations are not competing for domestic jobs; they are supplementing them. According to most reputable economists, for every $1.00 of work that is directed overseas, approximately $1.12 of value is returned to the U.S. economy (McKinsey 2003). Our clients range from low-income entrepreneurs in New Jersey to nonprofits and startups in the Silicon Valley–in other words, businesses with tight budgets. Our services make it possible for them to get work done that would not be feasible otherwise. By offering quality work at low prices, we create jobs that simply would not exist without us, and we offer our partners attractive living wages to do them. For instance, because young Facebook application developers can rely on our partners to test their work for $1 per application per week, developers who once put
