Bangalore has retained its ranking as the top city for outsourcing in the world, according to a report released by global outsourcing and research firm Tholons.

The Indian city was followed by Manila in the Philippines, a location that recently featured in the Financial Times due to its fast growing economy.

Tholons’ report identifies the top 100 outsourcing destinations for 2015. The top 10 remains largely unchanged since last year, with Shanghai replacing Dublin at number 10 but the other nine staying put. India features six cities and the Philippines has two, with locations in Poland and China filling the remaining slots.

Despite India’s apparent dominance according to this report, the country failed to top the Philippines in the Cushman & Wakefield study "Where in the World? Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) & Shared Services Location Index". Philippines came second to Vietnam, while India ranked a lowly twentieth in the list.

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