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While a large number of slum residents would be considered poor according to the international poverty line of $1.25/day, [7] not all who live in slums fall into this category. A measurement in 2010 states that around 50% of slum residents earn wages of $2-$4 USD a day, landing above the federal poverty line. [8]
By 1968, there were an estimated 75,000 squatters living in informal settlements and inner-city slums. [13] At the Port of Manila, land was reclaimed in the 1950s in Tondo and quickly occupied by squatters. By 1968, there were over 20,000 households in the informal settlement. [14] Elsewhere in Manila, parks and military land were occupied. [14]
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By Enrique de Castro MANILA (Reuters) - One scorching afternoon this month, inhabitants of a slum in the Philippine capital frantically hurled buckets of water to try to save their homes from a ...
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Projects have been enforced by the government and non-government organizations to allow urban resettlement sites for slum dwellers. [6] According to a UN-Habitat report, over 20 million people in the Philippines live in slums. [7] In Manila alone, 50% of the over 11 million inhabitants live in slum areas. [8] [9]