Quezon City declared country's 2nd most competitive city

After being declared by the Commission on Audit as the richest city for the past six years, Quezon City ranked second in a competitiveness survey conducted by the Asian Institute of Management (AIM).

In the survey, titled the Philippine Cities Competitiveness Ranking Project (PPCRP) of 2007, Quezon City received a total score of 6.61, placing second to Davao City, which garnered a total of 7.0.

Makati was third with 6.58, followed by Manila with 6.43 and Marikina with 6.37.

The survey, which covered an average of 40 respondents per city, judged the cities on “drivers of competitiveness” such as the cost of doing business, dynamism of local economy, human resources and training infrastructure, and responsiveness of local government units to needs and quality of life.

Quezon City recorded the highest score among Metro Manila cities in term of dynamism of local economy with 5.53; human resources and training, 7.62; responsiveness of LGUs to business needs, 6.87; and quality of life, 6.95; particularly in terms of peace and order to total crime solution efficiency in 2006 with a perfect score of 10.   – Perseus Echeminada