Davao City was hailed as the top 'next wave' city for business process outsourcing (BPO) in the Philippines by Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP), Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT), and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
Davao scored 99% score for talent, 95% for infrastructure, 74% for cost, and 76% for business environment, averaging a total of 91% to take the top spot. In an interview, BPAP chief executive Oscar R. Sanez said that Davao City was choses as the best city for IT-BPO operations due to the avialability of graduates and talented workers as well as infrastructure. The low score of the Crown Jewel of Mindanao is due to the travel advisories issued against going to the city. He also explained that Davao bested Metro Laguna, last year’s topnotcher, because of a revision in the scope of available talent category.
The other nine cities included in the list are Sta. Rosa, Bacolod City, Iloilo City, Metro Cavite (composed of (Bacoor, Imus, and Dasmariñas City), Lipa City, Cagayan de Oro City, Malolos City, Baguio City, and Dumaguete City. The last two cities were not included in last year's list since Clark was still part of the list. But when it was elevated as an established city, joining the ranks of Metro Manila and Metro Cebu.
BPAP Executive Director for Information and Research Gillian Joyce G. Virata said that the 'new wave' city list aims “to promote these cities so they have something to sell to investors and help them convince investors to build and invest in their cities'.
Based on reports, Davao currently hosts 20 outsourcing companies, employing 6,500 workers. Philippine BPO industry and employed around 442,000 employees and garnered revenues of $7.2 billion last year, the latter a 19% gain from 2008’s $6.06 billion.
Davao scored 99% score for talent, 95% for infrastructure, 74% for cost, and 76% for business environment, averaging a total of 91% to take the top spot. In an interview, BPAP chief executive Oscar R. Sanez said that Davao City was choses as the best city for IT-BPO operations due to the avialability of graduates and talented workers as well as infrastructure. The low score of the Crown Jewel of Mindanao is due to the travel advisories issued against going to the city. He also explained that Davao bested Metro Laguna, last year’s topnotcher, because of a revision in the scope of available talent category.
The other nine cities included in the list are Sta. Rosa, Bacolod City, Iloilo City, Metro Cavite (composed of (Bacoor, Imus, and Dasmariñas City), Lipa City, Cagayan de Oro City, Malolos City, Baguio City, and Dumaguete City. The last two cities were not included in last year's list since Clark was still part of the list. But when it was elevated as an established city, joining the ranks of Metro Manila and Metro Cebu.
BPAP Executive Director for Information and Research Gillian Joyce G. Virata said that the 'new wave' city list aims “to promote these cities so they have something to sell to investors and help them convince investors to build and invest in their cities'.
Based on reports, Davao currently hosts 20 outsourcing companies, employing 6,500 workers. Philippine BPO industry and employed around 442,000 employees and garnered revenues of $7.2 billion last year, the latter a 19% gain from 2008’s $6.06 billion.
Trabaho.com. thanks its following sources:
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