Online freelancing and impact sourcing: Examining the inclusive development potential of online service work in the Philippines

Online freelancing and impact sourcing have in recent years emerged as new models for offshore service delivery. Both the potential of spreading gains online work. Based on empirical research Philippines, this article examines how both integrate outlying areas more marginalized workers international networks The different information communication technologies (ICT)-enabled delivery were observed to rely same pool labor, thereby limiting broader distribution its gains. concludes that ICT4D can benefit from an inclusive development lens when examining beneficiaries users (information) their longer-term prospects income generation.