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- Davao is an urbanized community of 1.4 million people and the financial
center of Mindanao
- It is a center for learning, education, and training that has 40
universities and colleges
- Over 11,000 students annually receive undergraduate degrees in Davao
- Twenty-three area colleges and universities offer computer studies and
related courses
- The recent establishment of a call center in Davao indicates that the
city has potential as a location for BPO operations and call centers
- The local government has been rated by the Asian Institute of
Management as having somewhat above average responsiveness
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- Some companies may restrict their involvement in Davao to the
recruitment of call center and BPO workers
- Davao has one of the lowest crime rates of any major Asian city (its
crime rate is 0.6 cases per 10,000 persons per month) but…
- …security warnings issued by foreign governments for southern Mindanao
limit the appeal of Davao for some companies, for the time being
- In recent testing, the proportion of call center candidates in Davao
who were rated as having hirable or trainable English language
proficiency was less than that of candidates in the Visayas
- Davao roads have better-than-average traffic flow
- Davao is located in a typhoon-free zone
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