Average wages in the Phillipines are around $360/month USD, so $2/hr isn't too bad for an easy job. BBC is playing rage-bait arbitrage with that headline.
That's fairly misleading because the average person around there is very poor. It's not what you'd consider average in a first world country.
That's fairly misleading because the average person around there is very poor. It's not what you'd consider average in a first world country.