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Emerging countries such as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are reinforcing their presence in the growing trend of cross-border remote work..
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Cross-border online work increases 30% amid COVID-19 pandemic

600 million people potentially could do jobs remotely; Japan being left behind

AIKO MUNAKATA, KAZUYA MANABE, Nikkei staff writers | India

TOKYO -- The COVID-19 pandemic has been pushing businesses and other entities to expand online work beyond national boundaries so they can keep operating even if workers can't cross borders or must return home.

As international economist Richard Baldwin's prediction that an age would come when remote work would be mainstream steadily becomes a reality, emerging countries such as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are reinforcing their presence in the growing trend.

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