Indicators

Existing competitiveness indicator systems were used as guidelines in forming the framework behind the Index. Four convergent pillars were found among the most common key indicator areas: Economic Dynamism, Government Efficiency, Infrastructure, Resiliency, and Innovation. The framework integrates these pillars of local economic development and competitiveness up to the regional, national, and global levels.

ECONOMIC DYNAMISM creates stable expansion of businesses and industries and higher employment. The pillar matches the output and productivity of the local economy with the local resources. Localities are centers of economic activities, and due to this, business expansion and job creation are easily observable in local settings. It is divided into ten indicators:

Local Economy Size (as measured through business registrations, capital, revenue, and permits)
Local Economy Growth (as measured through business registrations, capital, revenue, and permits)
Active Establishments in the Locality
Safety Compliant Business
Employment Generation
Cost of Living
Cost of Doing Business
Financial Deepening
Productivity
Presence of Business and Professional Organizations

GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY refers to the quality and reliability of government services and government support for effective and sustainable productive expansion. This factor looks at government as an institution that is generally not corrupt; able to protect and enforce contracts; apply moderate and reasonable taxation and is able to regulate proactively. It is divided into ten indicators:

Compliance to National Directives
Presence of Investment Promotions Unit
Compliance to ARTA Citizens Charter
Capacity to Generate Local Resource
Capacity of Health Services
Capacity of School Services
Recognition of Performance
Getting Business Permits
Peace and Order
Social Protection

INFRASTRUCTURE pertains to the physical assets that connect, expand, and sustain a locality and its surroundings to enable 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. It is divided into ten indicators:

Road Network
Distance to Ports
Availability of Basic Utilities
Transportation Vehicles
Education
Health
LGU Investment
Accommodation Capacity
Information Technology Capacity
Financial Technology Capacity

RESILIENCY applies to the capacity of a locality to build systems that can absorb change and disturbance and being able to adapt to such changes. It spans frameworks that bind LGUs and their constituents to prepare for possible shocks and stresses; budgeting for disaster risk reduction; hazard/risk identification mechanisms; resilience-related infrastructure; and resilience-related mechanisms. It is divided into ten indicators:

Land Use Plan
Disaster Risk Reduction Plan
Annual Disaster Drill
Early Warning System
Budget for DRRMP
Local Risk Assessments
Emergency Infrastructure
Utilities
Employed Population
Sanitary System

INNOVATION refers to the ability of a locality to harness its creative potential to improve or sustain current levels of productivity. It hinges mainly on the development of creative capital which are human resources, research capabilities, and networking capacities. It is divided into ten indicators:

Start Up and Innovation Facilities
Innovation Financing: R&D Expenditures Allotment
STEM graduates
Intellectual Property Registration
ICT Use: E-BPLS Software
Internet Capability
Availability of Basic Internet Service
Online Payment Facilities
ICT Plan
New Technology