Improving City Competitiveness for Economic Development and Job Creation : Philippines Urbanization Review Policy Notes
This policy note presents an analysis of and recommendations on the city competitiveness improvement and is part of a broader Philippines urbanization study. The analysis draws on the competitive city framework which includes four pillars: 1. insti...
| Format: | Policy Note |
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| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/691461495808122951/Improving-city-competitiveness-for-economic-development-and-job-creation http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27140 |
| Summary: | This policy note presents an analysis of
and recommendations on the city competitiveness improvement
and is part of a broader Philippines urbanization study. The
analysis draws on the competitive city framework which
includes four pillars: 1. institutions and regulations; 2.
infrastructure and land; 3. skills and innovation; 4.
enterprise support and finance. It analyzes factors that
constrain city competiveness, the role that city governments
can play, and provides policy recommendations based on both
the Filipino and international good practices in promoting
city competitiveness. In addition, policy note studies the
enabling environment at the national level to foster city
competitiveness. Literature reviews, analysis of national
level data and the results of firm level surveys and focus
group meetings enrich the analysis. The policy note
discusses 5 key challenges which affect economic development
and job creation at the city level: 1) poor business
environment; 2) weak infrastructure, land management and
access to markets; 3) low demand for innovation and skill
match; 4) access to finance and business support; and 5)
inefficient economic planning, unclear mandate and weak
governance. The analysis of these challenges is followed by
a discussion of recommended priority actions. Despite a
number of issues being addressed through reforms, more
efforts are required at local and national level to improve
the business environment, access to land and markets and
upgrading of infrastructure, strengthening innovation
systems and addressing skills mismatch, improving access to
finance and business support services, and strengthening
local institutions for economic development. Recommendations
focus on areas which are most likely to offer quick results
in terms of improving city competitiveness and where cities
themselves have an important role to play as they are less
dependent on national reforms. These include: 1. improving
the business regulatory environment; 2. strengthening
business support and innovation; 3. reforming institutions
for economic development. |
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