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Sunday, July 06, 2008
Davao City is RP's most competitive city
DAVAO City remains the No. 1 most competitive city in the Philippines based on the survey of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) released Friday in Makati City.
This is a different tune to last week's reports of the city being a difficult place to do business in.
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The Philippine Cities Competitiveness Ranking Project 2007 results showed Davao City beating local government units in the capital Metro Manila.
In the last survey two years ago, Davao City tied for No. 1 with Makati City, the nation's premier financial center.
A total of 90 local government units were included in the survey with three different categories: metropolitan, mid-sized, and small cities.
Davao topped two of six key competitive drivers and scored the highest rate among highly urbanized cities.
It has the highest scored in Cost of Doing Business and Infrastructure drivers while placing No. 4 in Dynamism of Local Economy where Makati emerged No. 1.
The city placed 7th in Quality of Life, which was topped by Mandaluyong and clinched the 3rd spot in Responsiveness of Local Government that was topped by San Juan City.
In Human Resources & Training, Davao also placed 7th while Marikina City got the top spot.
Overall in the metropolitan cities category, Davao City grabbed the top spot scoring 7.05, followed by Quezon City (6.61); Makati City (6.58); Manila (6.43); Marikina City (6.37); Lapu-lapu City (6.30); Paranaque City (6.30); Muntinlupa City (6.29); Cebu City (6.27); and Pasay City (6.24).
Olongapo City topped the mid-sized cities while San Fernando, La Union was No. 1 among small cities.
Davao City showed improvement in two key drivers - Responsiveness of the Local Government - ranked No. 6 in 2005 to No. 3 in the latest survey, and in Human Resources and Training - from No. 11 in 2005 to No. 7 at present.
According to Councilor Peter Laviña, this recognition proves that Davao's efforts to check its weaknesses in the past are now bearing fruit particularly in Human Resource where the city scored low before. (Grace L. Plata/Sunnex)For more Philippine news, visit Sun.Star General Santos. (July 6, 2008 issue)
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