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Manila's Rising Middle Class: The rise of the urban middle class in the Philippines For similar stories, see: Surviving El Niño https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sN7mxMXIjo The Disabled Filipinos Left In Cages During Typhoon Haiyan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxJrNSfrRYs Filipino Journalists Told To Take Bribes Or Die https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiRVZ6M1_bA Subscribe to journeyman for daily uploads: http://www.youtube.com/journeymanpictures For downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=69640 Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/journeymanpictures Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JourneymanVOD https://twitter.com/JourneymanNews Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/journeymanpictures In the Philippines, one in five live in poverty whilst a wealthy elite control the political sphere. Yet a growing middle class with heavy pockets and high hopes could transform Filipino society. The Philippines has quickly become the world’s largest call centre country. With over a million workers, the industry is growing fast and attracting international companies to outsource their business operations there. With a lucrative call-centre job, engineer Sherryl Costello says she and husband Neil can finally buy "not only things we need but also things we like". Their little son has his own bank account - and a tablet. But the new middle class expect more than just material prizes and outsourcing alone will not create a more inclusive economy. "We want good education, better health services, roads and transportation", says sales manager, Neil. They might just get what they want; in fifteen years Asia is expected to have more than half of the world's purchasing power. Far Out Works – Ref. 6691 Journeyman Pictures is your independent source for the world's most powerful films, exploring the burning issues of today. We represent stories from the world's top producers, with brand new content coming in all the time. On our channel you'll find outstanding and controversial journalism covering any global subject you can imagine wanting to know about.