This is veering dangerously off-topic, but if your contractor charges a set rate, there is no moral obligation on your part to pay him more, especially not 3x more.
If the wages were poor for the country that would be one thing, BUT $8/hour in Belarus is a good salary. That is $1080 per 160hours worked a month. It actually would let him have a good standard of living.
Of course one could argue that the developer should be charging $12 or $16 an hour but that is his business.
What one could do next time, is do a fixed price project. If he is very good AND fast, he would increase his earnings.
If the wages were poor for the country that would be one thing, BUT $8/hour in Belarus is a good salary. That is $1080 per 160hours worked a month. It actually would let him have a good standard of living.
Of course one could argue that the developer should be charging $12 or $16 an hour but that is his business.
What one could do next time, is do a fixed price project. If he is very good AND fast, he would increase his earnings.