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Davao City is 3rd most competitive

By Lilian Mellejor

August 17, 2017, 7:26 pm

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DAVAO CITY – If there’s one more reason for Davao City to celebrate Kadayawan Festival is the city’s new recognition as the 3rd Most Competitive Highly Urbanized City,  next to Quezon City and Manila.

The awarding was held during the 2017 Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index Awards, in conjunction with the 5th Regional Competitiveness Summit at the Philippine International Convention Center on Wednesday, August 16.

“We are happy with the performance of Davao City sa national competitiveness council award,” Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said in an interview Thursday during the NCCC Mall’s Kadayawan event.

The mayor factored in the support of the private sector. She said the government’s programs and projects are usually a response to the people’s needs.

But the mayor does not want to sit on the city’s laurels. She said there is more room for the city government to improve given that it is only third.

“But of course meron pa ring room for improvement kasi sa third lang tayo (there is room for improvement because we are only third),” she said. Perhaps Duterte-Carpio said, the city can even replicate what the first and second awardees have to bag the top places. She noted that there are four categories in the Competitiveness Index Awards.

City Information Officer Jefry Tupas said Davao City consistently ranked fifth for two consecutive years in 2015 and 2016.

Tupas said the recognition as a competitive city demonstrated Davao City’s business-friendly environment – how the city integrates innovation and technology in its policies and processes in serving investors, tourists, and the public.

The National Competitiveness Council gives recognition to different local government units in the country that show exemplary performance in the four pillars of the competitiveness index: Economic Dynamism, Government Efficiency, Infrastructure, and Resiliency.

Tupas said Davao City this year claimed the top spot in the Resiliency pillar wich is the first that an LGUs resiliency was included in the index. Tupas said the resiliency index highlights the city’s ability to stand tall and strong amidst challenges and difficulties.

The city also showed an improved ranking in the pillars of Economic Dynamism and Infrastructure, bagging the fourth and third spot respectively. Davao City, meanwhile, ranked fifth in Government Efficiency pillar.

The cities and municipalities competitiveness index measures a local government unit’s competitiveness and presents an opportunity for local governments to better understand their performance against global standards.

Tupas said this also gives an avenue for them to come up with well-informed decisions towards becoming a more competitive LGU. (Lilian C. Mellejor/PNA)

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