The Lisbon Agenda and the Relocation of Economic Activities Abroad The size of international service outsourcing and offshoring is difficult to establish. From an FDI point of view, service sector investments are increasing more rapidly than FDI in other sectors. Between 2002 and 2003, the share of service sector projects in the total number of related FDI projects rose from 37% to 51% for all developing and transition countries. Their share in the number of jobs created by such projects reached 57%. India's exports of software and IT­driven services, for example, grew from less than$0.5 billion in the early 1990s to around$12 billion in 2003-2004(UNCTAD, 2004). Table 1 shows the major recipients of FDI for services projects in CSEE. The Russian Federation, Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic are the largest recipients each with between 11% and 15% of total service FDI. Emphasis should be given to the increasing market share of services in the economies of OECD countries, as well as to the potential for such activities to be outsourced to low-cost countries. Whereas the share of agriculture has decreased over the last 20 years in the OECD area and that of industry is also falling in rich countries(while increasing slowly in poor countries), the share of services is rising in all three categories of countries- that is, the rich, the developing countries and those in transition, and poor countries. Services now represent two thirds of global economic production: 70% in rich countries, 50% in medium-income and 44% in low-income countries. The general trend is thus towards an extension of the service sector throughout the world. Productivity in the service sector is therefore a key issue when it comes to raising overall competitiveness in a given country. Another trend is towards jobs requiring higher skills levels. The reason for this is less the development of trade than technological change as such. Furthermore, it becomes clear that countries that take the greatest recourse to outsourcing- the United States and the United Kingdom- are also the prime suppliers of outsourced services. This being said, there are many activities such as catering, personal services, hairdressing etc., that can never be done at a distance. 153