PricewaterhouseCoopers recently published their third annual Cities of Opportunity study, which takes a quantitative and qualitative look at the emerging picture of city life in 21 capitals of business, finance and culture worldwide. It found that:
Capital market centers. Many of the cities included are hubs of commerce, communications and culture. But all are financial capitals of their region—meaning each plays an important role not only locally but also as a vital part of a globalizing economic fabric.
Distributed over a broad geographic sampling. While each city is a center of finance and commerce in its own region and in many cases the world, collectively the 21 cities form a representative international distribution.
Balanced between mature and emerging economies. Twelve mature cities and nine newly growing ones are included.
Tokyo secured high rankings in most category areas and the report was assembled from statistics provided by Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The report was co-produced with the Partnership for New York City. You can download the report here.
