This year, the Municipalities Competitiveness Index covered 1120 lgus- a significant increase as compared to its first run back in 2013 with only 268 lgus. To recognize the most competitive cities and municipalities, the National Competitiveness Council holds its annual Regional Competitiveness Summit. The summit brings together delegates composed of Local Chief Executives, representatives from the LGUs, and delegates from National Government Agencies, the Academe, and the Private Sector.
Economic dynamism It is associated with activities that create stable expansion of business and industries and higher employment. This is the concrete representation of productivity as it matches the output of the local economy with local resources. • Size of the Local Economy (as measured through business registrations, capital, revenue, and permits) • Growth of the Local Economy (as measured through business registrations, capital, revenue, and permits) • Capacity to Generate Employment • Cost of Living • Cost of Doing Business • Financial Deepening • Productivity • Presence of Business and Professional Organizations
Government efficiency This refers to the quality and reliability of government services and government support for effective and sustainable productive expansion. • Capacity of Health Services • Capacity of Schools • Security • Business Registration Efficiency • Compliance to Business Permits & Licensing System (BPLS) standards • Presence of Investment Promotions Unit • Compliance to National Directives for Local Government Units (LGU) • Ratio of LGU collected tax to LGU revenues • Social Protection The
Department of the Interior and Local Government used to measure the local government's score on transparency and economic governance through the Local Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS).
Infrastructure It refers to the physical building blocks that connect, expand, and sustain a locality and its surroundings to enable the provision of goods and services. It involves basic inputs of production such as energy, water; interconnection of production such as transportation, roads, and communications; sustenance of production such as waste, disaster preparedness,
environmental sustainability and human capital formation infrastructure. • Existing Road Network • Distance from City/Municipality Center to Major Ports • Department of Tourism-Accredited Accommodations • Availability of Basic Utilities • Annual Investments in Infrastructure • Connection of Information and Communications Technologies • Number of Public Transportation Vehicles • Health Infrastructure • Education Infrastructure • Number of Automated Teller Machines
Resiliency It refers to the capacity of a locality to facilitate businesses and industries to create jobs, raise productivity, and increase the incomes of citizens over time despite the shocks and stresses it encounters. This implies that the role of local government is critical in ensuring a competitive environment to make businesses sustain their profits, create jobs, and increase the productivity of its people. In order for a locality to be able to do this, it must be resilient in its infrastructure, governance, social and environmental systems. • Organization and Coordination: Land Use Plan • Organization and Coordination: Disaster Risk Reduction Plan • Organization and Coordination: Annual Disaster Drill • Organization and Coordination: Early Warning System • Resiliency Financing: Budget for DRRMP • Resiliency Reports: Local Risk Assessments • Resiliency Infrastructure: Emergency Infrastructure • Resiliency Infrastructure: Utilities • Resilience of System: Employed Population • Resilience of System: Sanitary System
Partial ranking (2019) Province ==Annual Enterprise Survey on Corruption==