Entries tagged ‘Manila’
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Disabled Workers Struggle for Options in an Economy that Shuns Them
For people with disabilities, Manila offers a better life than the rural provinces, but the ceiling for how high you can rise remains pretty low.
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Slum Lab: Manila’s Quest to Build a Better Informal Settlement
Can Manila teach the world to build better informal settlements? In the second Forefront of the Informal City Dialogues, Kate Hodal reports on the many slum solutions percolating in the city.
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Rolling Stores Keep Merchandise on the Move in an Ever-Changing City
Since they days when they were pulled by water buffalo, Manila’s rolling stores have provided affordable goods to the urban poor, and an important job option for the city’s workforce.
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Participants in Innovation Workshops Create Solutions for the Futures of Their Cities
The second phase of the Informal City Dialogues’ workshops has begun, with attendees now not only looking toward their cities’ futures, but figuring out ways to impact them.
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One Month in Photos
From an annual water fight in Bangkok to the slum-based bars of Nairobi, our fortnightly roundup of photos from our bloggers.
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A Theatrical Production Aimed at City Officials Spotlights the Slums
For a quarter century, advocates have staged performances on city streets to call attention to the plight of the urban poor. Recently, their production hit the big time.
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Can a Party for the Urban Poor Rise in the Philippines?
The Sanlakas party has been out of power since 2010, but campaign volunteers like Maritess Nedera are hitting the streets to make sure it makes a comeback in next month’s elections.
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“We Don’t Plant Trees, We Grow Houses”
Reflecting on the dramatic changes in Metro Manila allowed participants in that city’s Futures Scenarios workshop to look forward toward an era of climate change, population shifts and large-scale resettlements.
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Two Weeks in Photos
From Nairobi’s politico-skewering smash TV show to Manila’s odd-ball tricycle bartering system, our fortnightly roundup of photos from our bloggers.
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Tricycle Drivers Get Paid in Burgers, But Not Much Cash
The three-wheeled vehicles that breeze through Quezon City might be some of the most cost-effective marketers in Manila. Are their drivers being duly compensated?
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