By Boston.com
Have you ever been lying on your leather couch, gobbling a pizza in front of your flat screen TV, and found yourself watching one of those ads asking you to help starving children in Africa who live on less than $2 day? The message is clear: a person can’t possibly survive on that, not without your donation.
But nearly half the world’s population – some 2.5 billion people – somehow gets by on less… [read more]





