In pictures: An economy in crisis

In the shanty towns of Manila thousands and thousands of urban poor are stuffed into makeshift shacks. Many of them came to the capital from the countryside looking for work. But this is where you find some of the worst poverty and unemployment of all.

Lina runs a market stall where she sells trinkets. She might make 90 pesos a day, almost $2. On this she has to feed her family of three daughters.