DAVAO CITY, PH’S MOST COMPETITIVE

Davao City among four cities outside Metro Manila that are named most competitive highly-urbanized cities in the country.

Manila -- The cities of Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Bacolod, and Cebu are among the 10 most competitive highly-urbanized cities in the Philippines today, according to an annual survey.

The Cities and Municipalities Index (CMCI) 2018 showed that the number of cities outside Metro Manila to attain this status increased to four from only two last year, which only included Davao and Cagayan de Oro.

Quezon City retained the top spot, a distinction it has held for three consecutive years now. Manila likewise remained on the second spot, while Davao City was dislodged by Pasay City for the third place. Davao City has slipped to the fourth spot.

Completing the top 10 for the most competitive highly-urbanized cities in the country are Cagayan de Oro at fifth place, Makati at sixth, Pasig at seventh, Bacolod at eighth, Cebu at ninth, and Muntinlupa at tenth.

The CMCI measures the competitiveness of a local government in terms of four pillars: economic dynamism, or the activities that create stable expansion of business and industries and higher job creation; government efficiency, or the quality and reliability of government services and support for effective and sustainable productive expansion; infrastructure, or the physical building blocks of a locality that enable the provision of goods and services; and resiliency, or the capacity of a locality to facilitate industries and raise productivity despite the shocks and stresses it encounters. /