In the Philippines, business process outsourcing (BPO) is defined as the "delegation of service-type business processed to a third-party service provider," and it includes industries like call centers, secretarial work, data entry, animation, software design, and video game creation. The BPO industry in the Philippines is growing due to the country's affordable cost of living and youthful, English-speaking workforce. According to most international research firms, the Philippines is the #1 outsourcing location.