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Re:MTurk + Google News API = press by DanBC on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @06:52PM (#6485970)
I was doubtful at first, because of the need for both a computer (and Internet connection) in a part of the world where 25 cents an hour would be a decent lower-middle-class income.

The World Bank has some information about countries with people living on $2 per day. (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SI.POV.2DAY)

Maybe there's a use for a "Fair Trade Mechanical Turk" - someone sets up an Internet work space for people in developing nations and FTMT sets minimum wages?

Re:MTurk + Google News API = press by prostoalex on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @11:26PM (#6486965)
Just block first-world nations from accessing *.mturk.com, and problem solved.