Bacolod City One of Top 10 Next Wave Cities for Outsourcing

Bacolod City ranks fifth in the the latest Top 10 “Next Wave Cities” for BPO development in a scorecard ranking developed by the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) and the Commission on Information, Communications Technology (CICT) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

So-called “next wave cities” are areas around the country outside Metro Manila and Metro Cebu which offer the best potential to support the growing BPO sector. The 30 cities considered for the list were scored on talent (50%), infrastructure (30%) business environment (15%) and cost of doing business (5%).

Neighboring Iloilo City was ranked third with a score of 80.93% while Bacolod’s score was 78%.  Bacolod topped the business environment category with the score of 96% while Iloilo got the second place with 92% score.

The ranking is an indication that the initiative of the BNeFIT is gaining grounds in making Bacolod City as a favored BPO destination in the country. Just recently, an international study also cited Bacolod City among Emerging Global Outsourcing Cities.

Here is the complete scorecard ranking of next wave cities with their corresponding scores:

The e-Services Philippines, organized by the Center for International Trade Exposition and Missions (CITEM) is currently in a series of roadshow at the next wave cities. This major event in Philippine ICT Industry will be stopping in Bacolod City this December 2008. The e-Services Philippines Roadshow already kicked off its Davao leg last November 6.