Metro Manila doesn’t just expand outward anymore—it rises. New developments seem to be appearing overnight in the city, with glass towers lining the sky and cranes marking what comes next.

IN teeming Manila, where poverty runs deep and millions lack adequate shelter, some of the living have found refuge among the dead. Laileah Cuetara’s shanty sits atop a pair of raised tombs inside the ...

This special issue of Forefront is part of The Rockefeller Foundation’s Informal City Dialogues, a year-long collaboration with Next City and Forum for the Future taking place in six rapidly ...

This article was originally created for Making Contact. Down a narrow alleyway in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, is the squatter community of Estero de San Miguel. Although the primary ...