London (UK) has been recognized as the 10th most economically influential cities in the world according to a new report titled “Cities Of Economic Influence Index,” from CEO World, which ranked 100 powerful cities in the world based on their competitiveness as a major urban centre.
New York is a reasonably close second, with 83.49 points, Tokyo, which has the world’s largest metro economy, is third with 82.59 points.
Paris is fourth with 81.65 points, narrowly besting Singapore, which has 80.66. Berlin, Shanghai, Brussels, New Delhi, and Toronto round out the top ten. The remainder of the top 20 include Washington DC (11th); Sydney (12th); Sao Paulo (18th); four European cities, Moscow (13th), Zurich (17th), Amsterdam (19th), and Istanbul (20th); and three Asian cities Dubai (14th), Riyadh (15th), and Tel Aviv (16th).
According to the report, the Cities Of Economic Influence Index is based on five core indices, including:
- Economic Power (overall economic activity)
- Financial Clout (strength of a city’s finance and banking industries)
- People and Political (political and demographic influence)
- Quality of Life (productivity, infrastructure, quality of life, equity and social inclusion and environmental sustainability)
- Competitiveness (business activity, human capital, cultural experience, and political engagement)
To find which city came out on top, CEO Wold calculated a city’s total score across these five indices.
Interestingly, the report found, “the top 100 cities generate roughly half of the globe’s total economic output and the top twenty-five accounts for more than 30% of global economic production.”
In Southeast Asia, Singapore tops the list (5th globally) followed by Indonesia on distant second (21st), Kuala L:umpur 3rd ( 74th), Bangkok 4th (80th), Hanoi 5th (83rd), and Manila 6th (86th)
I began my career in the banking industry in 1997, and stayed approx 6 years in it. This industry boost his knowledge about the economic condition in Indonesia, both macro and micro, and how to
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understand it. My banking career continued in Yogyakarta when I joined in a program funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB),as the coordinator for a program aimed to help improve the quality of learning and teaching process in private universities in Yogyakarta. When the earthquake stroke Yogyakarta, I chose to join an international NGO working in the area of ?disaster response and management, which allows me to help rebuild the city, as well as other disaster-stricken area in Indonesia. I went on to become the coordinator for emergency response in the Asia Pacific region. Then I was assigned for 1 year in Cambodia, as a country coordinator mostly to deliver developmental programs (water and sanitation, education, livelihood). In 2009, he continued his career as a protocol and HR officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Surabaya, and two years later I joined the Political and Economic Section until now, where i have to deal with extensive range of people and government officials, as well as private and government institution troughout eastern Indonesia.
I am the founder and Editor-in-Chief in Good News From Indonesia (GNFI), a growing and influential social media movement, and was selected as one of The Most Influential Netizen 2011 by The Marketeers magazine.
I also wrote a book on "Fundamentals of Disaster Management in 2007"?, "Good News From Indonesia : Beragam Prestasi Anak Bangsa di dunia"? which was luanched in August 2013, and "Indonesia Bersyukur"? which is launched in Sept 2013. In 2014, 3 books were released in which i was one of the writer; "Indonesia Pelangi Dunia"?, "Indonesia The Untold Stories"? and "Growing! Meretas Jalan Kejayaan"
I give lectures to students in lectures nationwide, sharing on full range of issues, from economy, to diplomacy
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