A bird’s eye view of the cities Manila and Makati shows the rising of new infrastructure, one of the observations made by the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) which reported, August 29, 2013, that the Philippine economy expanded with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 7.6 percent in the first semester of 2013.Ryan Piang Datucali, 38, and his daughter Jenny, 2, lie inside this tiny box hanging from a wall of a commercial building in Ermita, ManilaBeside a tree, a family of four sleeps comfortably, or so it seems, on the pavement along F.T. Benitez Street in Malate, Manila, on the early morning.