[aaron695]

You'll have to google it for the different sides to the story and opinions on whether it should have been raised to $1.90, but here's a start -

http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/international-pov...

PS You need to do the shopping, or learn to cook, $1.90 is very easy to feed people. But obviously it also about other things like food security and important stuff like happiness.