Creating a Business-Enabling

Environment

Begin with the end in mind.*

*7 Habits of Highly Effective People
 2020 Ease of Doing Business (EODB) Report,
out of 190 countries, the Philippines ranks last
How easy is it to do among the founding members of the ASEAN:
business in the
Philippines? Singapore* 2nd
Malaysia* 12th

ASEAN Member Countries:

Thailand* 21st
Brunei Myanmar Vietnam 66th
Cambodia Philippines
Indonesia Singapore Brunei 70th
Laos Thailand
Malaysia Vietnam Indonesia* 73rd
Philippines* 95th

*Founding members
How easy is it to do On average, the number of
business in the procedures/steps to be able to:
Philippines?
● Start a business = 13
● Register property = 9
● Build a physical
establishment = 22
 Once business has been established the
registered enterprise must:
How easy is it to do
business in the ● Make 13 tax payments in a year
Philippines? ● Pay 30% tax for its income
(reduced to 20-25% during the pandemic)

If a simple sales contract is disputed, the

number of days a seller can expect resolution
(from the time it is filed in court up to the time
the judgement is enforced):

● Philippines : 962 days

● Singapore : 164 days

SOURCE: EODB Report 2020 by the World Bank

Foreign Direct
● The recovery in ASEAN compares favourably
Investments (FDI) into with the 30% average growth in developing
ASEAN in 2021 economies (WIR 2022).

● ASEAN remained a top recipient of FDI in

developing regions.

● Increase in ASEAN’s share of global FDI

42% inflows:

2011–2017 7%

2018–2019 11%

2020-2021 12%
 FDI Flows in ASEAN Member States
Foreign Direct 2020 - 2021 (Billions of dollars)

Investments Coming 31.3%

into the Philippines 8.1%

-0.6%

259.4%

-337.5%

54.4%

-2.8%

NOTE: Omitted countries will less than US$ 2B in investments. (Laos, Myanmar, Brunei Darussalam)

SOURCE: ASEAN Investment Report 2022 prepared by the ASEAN Secretariat and the
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and supported by
the Government of Australia through the ASEAN-Australia Development Cooperation
Program Phase II (AADCP II)
 Republic Act No. 9485

Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007

Ease of Doing Business
Republic Act No. 9485, otherwise known as
(EODB) the "Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007", is hereby
Republic Act 11032 amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known

as the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient
Government Service Delivery Act of 2018"
 ● Faster Processing of Business
EODB Highlights
Permits and Licenses
○ Unified application form
○ One-Stop-Shop
● Standard Turnaround Time for
Government Transactions
○ 3-7-20 rule
● Anti-Corruption Policy
○ Zero contact policy
○ Automated Business
Registration Process
EODB Highlights
● Citizen's Charter
● Accountability of Heads of Offices
and Agencies
○ Including receiving officers
○ Prescribes criminal and
administrative liabilities
● Inclusion of overseas government
instrumentalities
While creating a thriving
business environment, key
is to never lose sight of
the laws/rules we have set
our constituents to adhere
to AND the rationale
behind them.

IT STARTS AND ENDS WITH US

Cities & Municipalities Competitive Index
Presentation Highlights
● About the Index
● Stakeholders
● Ranking Components
● Uses of the Index
● Rankings of Region 7 Provinces
● Key
What is CMCI
 An index that measure LGU
performance using five core
Cities & Municipalities and convergent pillars

Competitive Index

Pillars:
● Economic Dynamism
● Infrastructure
● Resiliency
● Government Efficiency
● Innovation

Local competitiveness: is how a city or municipality knows its

resources and how it uses these to improve its standard of living,
and ultimately making its citizens more prosperous.
Stakeholders
● Private Sector
● Academe
● Public Sector
Ranking Categories
● Provinces
● Highly Urbanized Cities (HUCs)
● Component Cities
● Municipalities (based on Average
Annual Income)

○ First Class - P 55M or more

○ Second Class - P 45M to P 54.99M
○ Third Class - P35M to P44.99M
○ Fourth Class - P25M to 34.99M
○ Fifth Class - P5M to 24.99M
○ Sixth Class - less than P 15M
CMCI Data
(2020)
CMCI Data
(2020)
What is it used for? ➔ Diagnostic tool
◆ Empower cities & municipalities to

The CMCI is a measurement tool that

gauge their current level of
can be used to empower cities and competitiveness against global
municipalities to gauge their current
level of competitiveness against global standards
standards, identify areas for ◆ Identify areas for improvement and
improvement and growth, and launch
reforms and initiatives to further boost growth
local competitiveness. ◆ Launch reforms & initiatives to further
boost local competitiveness
➔ Guide on appropriate business location
➔ Take-off point for planning or further
research
CMCI Website

https://cmci.dti.gov.ph/
Overall Rankings Region 7 Provinces
Rankings

As shown in the CMCI website

2021 CMCI Awardees
 https://cmci.dti.gov.ph/

Head on to the CMCI

website for more details
 /
https://www.dti.gov.ph/sdm_downloads/central-visayas-economic-factbook
The Bottomline
_____________ Vibrant Economy means :

Thriving businesses
Increase in investments inflows
Increase in employment
Improved standard of living
More prosperous citizenry
Reminder
 Ma. Theresa Sederiosa

Thank you
Dept. of Trade & Industry
Region VII
3F WDC Bldg., Osmena Blvd., Cebu City

email: MaTheresaSederiosa@dti.gov.ph