This document discusses freelancing in Bangladesh, including its current position and future potential. Some key points: - Bangladesh ranks 3rd globally for outsourcing freelance work, with around 500,000 active freelancers working regularly. - Popular freelancing sites that Bangladeshis use include Upwork, Elance, Fiverr, and Odesk. Common fields include web design, graphics, and data entry. - Freelancing contributes around $200 million annually to Bangladesh's economy and helps address unemployment issues. - It provides good opportunities for women to earn an income from home while caring for families. - Challenges include unreliable electricity, internet issues, and lack of easy payment systems, but freel

1. FREELANCING IN BANGLADESH:
IT’S FUTURE AND
MARKETPLACE
Submitted to
Md Iftekharul Amin
Associate Professor
Institute of Business Administration
University of Dhaka
Submitted by
Sadikul Haque Sadi
BSSE 1003
Institute of Information Technology
University of Dhaka

2. INTRODUCTION
● WHAT IS FREELANCING
CONTRACT BASED PROFESSION
NO TRADITIONAL JOB RECRUITMENT
SELF EMPLOYED
● OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE
BANGLADESH’S POSITION IN FREELANCING
ITS CONTRIBUTION TO OUR ECONOMY
OUR DEMAND IN SOME POPULAR MARKETPLACES
WOMEN’S OPPORTUNITIES AND FUTURE

3. BACKGROUND
● ABOUT 40% OF OUR PEOPLE ARE BETWEEN 18-35 ( CIA-THE WORLD
FACTBOOK )
● INTERNET IS SPREADING IN A WIDE RANGE IN OUR COUNTRY
● DIFFERENT FROM OTHER TRADITIONAL JOBS
● A SOLUTION TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM
● PERFECT JOB FOR OUR WOMEN

4. WORKING FIELDS
● WEB DESIGN
● GRAPHICS DESIGN
● SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION
● VIDEO EDITING
● DATA ENTRY
● PROOF READING
● JOURNALISM

5. Bangladesh’s POSITION IN FREELANCING
● DHAKA RANKS THIRD IN GLOBAL FREELANCE OUTSOURCING WORK (THE DAILY
STAR, 8 APRIL 2014)[4]
● BANGLADESH IS THE SECOND MOST FAVOURITE COUNTRY IN SUPPLYING
ONLINE LABOURERS (PROTHOM ALO, 22 JULY, 2017)
● ABOUT 500,000 ACTIVE FREELANCERS ARE WORKING REGULARLY, OUT OF
650,000 REGISTERED FREELANCERS (THE INDEPENDENT, 29 FEBRUARY 2020)[2]
● BNAGLADESHI FREELANCERS ARE BECOMING POPULAR BECAUSE OF THEIR
WORKING EXPERIENCE, ENGLISH SKILLS AND LOWER WAGES

6. MARKETPLACE ANALYSIS
● POPULAR
○ UPWORK
○ ELANCE
○ FREELANCER
○ ODESK
○ PEOPLEPERHOUR
● EXCEPTIONAL
○ 99DESIGNS
○ THEMEFOREST
○ FIVERR

7. ODESK
● AT LEAST 70% OF BANGLADESHI FREELANCERS GET WORK THROUGH ODESK[7]
● WORKING FIELDS
○ SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION – 30%
○ DATA ENTRY – 12%
○ SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT – 8%
○ WEB RESEARCH – 6%
● OUR FREELANCERS EARN $15 TO $20 PER HOUR ON AVERAGE FOR
TECHNICAL WORK, AND $5 TO $10 FOR ADMINISTRATIVE OR NON-TECHNICAL
WORK.

8. UPWORK
● BANGLADESH IS IN 3RD POSITION ON THIS FREELANCING WEBSITE [7]
● IN 2009 ONLY 2 PERCENT OF UPWORK JOBS WERE PERFORMED BY
BANGLADESHI FREELANCERS WHICH IN 2012 BECAME 22 PERCENT
● IN 2012 QUARTER BANGLADESHI FREELANCERS WORKED 7 LAC 20 THOUSAND
HOURS IN UPWORK.

9. ELANCE
● BETWEEN JANUARY AND SEPTEMBER IN 2012, SOME 3,064 FREELANCERS FROM
BANGLADESH FOUND EMPLOYMENT THROUGH ELANCE, WHICH IS A 142
PERCENT GROWTH YEAR-ON-YEAR.[4]
● AVERAGE EARNING OF OUR FREELANCERS FROM THIS SITE IS AROUND 9
DOLLARS PER HOUR [7]
● WORK AREAS
○ IT AND PROGRAMMING – 43%
○ DESIGNS AND MULTIMEDIA – 24%
○ SALES AND MARKETING – 16%
○ ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT – 10%
○ WRITING AND TRANSLATION – 5%
○ OTHERS – 2%

10. IT’S IMPACT IN OUR ECONOMY
● A SOURCE OF FOREIGN CURRENCY
○ COUNTRIES THAT HIRE FREELANCERS FROM BANGLADESH INCLUDE THE
US, CANADA, THE UK, AUSTRALIA AND SINGAPORE
○ THE GLOBAL MARKET FOR FREELANCE SERVICES IS NOW HOVERING
AROUND $100 BILLION A YEAR, OF WHICH OUR FREELANCER S EARN
ABOUT $200 MILLION ( THE DAILY STAR, 8 MARCH 2015)
● A SOLUTION TO UNEMPLOYMENT PROBLEM
○ THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS 14.2 PERCENT( THE WORLD BANK)[5]
○ 47% GRADUATES ARE UNEMPLOYED[5]
○ 26 LAKH PEOPLE ARE NOT DOING ANY JOB( BANGLADESH BUREAU OF
STATISTICS-2010)

11. WOMEN’S OPPORTUNITY IN
FREELANCING
● MANY HIGHLY EDUCATED WOMEN OFTEN SACRIFICE THEIR CAREERS IN
ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES
● A MUCH BETTER CARRIER OPTION FOR WOMEN
● BY GIVING 3-4 HOURS THEY CAN EARN 3-10 DOLLAR PER DAY
● IF WE TRAIN 50 LAKH EDUCATED WOMEN , WE CAN ADD 1.5 CORE US DOLLAR
PER DAY TO OUR ECONOMY

12. CHALLENGES
● THE ABSENCE OF AN UNINTERRUPTED POWER SUPPLY IS STILL A MAJOR
PROBLEM
● A LACK OF QUALITY INTERNET SERVICES, ALONG WITH HIGHER BROADBAND
PRICES
● THE LACK OF AN EASY PAYMENT SYSTEM – ESPECIALLY FOR RECEIVING
PAYMENTS FROM FOREIGN CLIENTS – IS ANOTHER PROBLEM
● NEED BUSINESS GRADE ENGLISH SKILL

13. CONCLUSION
● ABOUT 56 MILLION PEOPLE ARE UNDER 18
● PEOPLE ARE USING SMARTPHONES AND INTERNET INCREASINGLY.
● HUGE NUMBER OF BANGLADESHI FREELANCER WORK AT ALMOST ALL
POPULAR FREELANCING PLATFORMS
● A CHANCE TO EARN $1 BILLION EXPORTS PER YEAR FROM FREELANCING
SERVICES[4]
● HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN TO ACHIEVE ECONOMIC FREEDOM
● TOP FREELANCERS SHOULD COME FORWARD TO MAKE THIS SECTOR MORE
PRODUCTIVE AND POWERFUL

14. References
[1] Popular Freelancing Marketplaces in Bangladesh. Retrieved from
https://advanceitcenter.com
[2] Bangladesh is currently supplying 500,00 active freelancers
http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/238823
[3] Impact of Freelancing on Bangladesh Economy. Retrieved from
https://theprint.in/world/a-freelancing-boom-is-reshaping-bangladesh-and-its-economy
[4] IT freelancers may earn $1b a year within a decade (2014). Retrieved from
https://www.thedailystar.net
[5] Graduate Unemployment Rate Increases in Bangladesh (2014). Retrieved from
http://www.eduicon.com/News/Details/4275.html

15. References
[6] Outsourcing Career for Women in Bangladesh. Retrieved from
https://advanceitcenter.com
[7] Freelancing Challenges and Future Potential for Bangladesh. Retrieved from
https://www.academia.edu

16. THANK YOU