If you want to know how the Philippines is doing, you could pore over reams of data, charts and policy speeches. Or you could just follow the clues offered by ride-hailing app Micab.
Ride-hailing now dominates the business pages thanks to Lyft's initial public offering and Uber's to come. When Micab took to the road in 2012, it was with at the same time as Singapore's Grab, which has since come Southeast Asia's premier unicorn.
