Cainta No.1 among towns, Rizal best province.
Quezon City and Manila remained as the top two most competitive cities among the 33 highly-urbanized cities surveyed by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
Quezon City remained No.1 for the second consecutive year since landing second in 2016 in the annual poll that gauges if cities and municipalities have the elements necessary for business to flourish.
DTI undertakes the survey with the National Competitiveness Council (NCC) with the results published annually as the Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI).
This year’s CMCI monitored and evaluated 1,508 LGU.
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Manila was in second spot for the second straight year after topping the list among cities in 2016.
“Although we fell short of our goal to be back on top, I thank my department heads, the city councilors and city hall employees for a job well done,” Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada said.
Rounding up the Top 10, from third in this order, were the cities of Pasay, Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Makati, Pasig, Bacolod, Cebu and Muntinlupa.
Rizal emerged as most competitive province, Legazpi, Albay as most competitive component city and Cainta remained as the most competitive municipality in the country.
The CMCI measures the economic dynamism of LGU insofar as fostering activities that help expand businesses and industries that, in turn, create jobs.
The poll also considers the reliability of government services and support for effective and sustainable productive expansion.
It also takes into account infrastructure or the physical building blocks of a locality that enable the provision of goods and services.
