The Philippines named Davao s their top “next wave” city for the Business Process Outsourcing. In the province of Davao del Sur the city is located there was tagged by the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP), Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) and the Department of Trade and Industry as heading a list of top outsourcing sites.
Rounding up roll were the cities of Sta. Rosa in Laguna; Bacolod in Negros Occidental; Iloilo in Iloilo; Metro Cavite; Lipa in Batangas; Cagayan de Oro in Misamais Oriental; Malolos in Bulacan; Baguio in Benguet and Dumaguete in Negros Oriental. In Luzon are Sta. Rosa, Metro Cavite, Lipa, Malolos and Baguio. In Visayas, Bacolod, Dumaguete and Iloilo and in Mindanao are Davao and Cagayan de Oro.
Oscar R. Sanez the BPAP Chief Executive said Davao ranked the top for the availability of graduates and talented workers and also had good scores in terms infrastructure and cost. Davao along withe the other cities in Mindanao, suffered in terms of their business environment scores due to advisories issued by the other countries against travelling to the island.
Mr. Sanez stated that Davao was penalized by the two points because to the travel advisors of countries such the United States, it scored a three from the possible five, other cities in Mindanao were also affected. Davao currently hosts 20 outsourcing companies with 6,500 workers.
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