Poverty in Benin

http://blogs.worldbank.org/africacan/benin-under-water

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global-development/2012/nov/27/benin-poverty-child-traffickers

http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/benin

http://www.gadling.com/2006/02/03/africa-travel-benin/

http://watercharity.org/taxonomy/term/29

http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/1c38d/d11/

http://ibeninwestafrica.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/living-conditions-books-and-dust/a-local-elementary-school-im-working-with/

http://www.unhcr.org/4284a6dc4.html

http://www.imaggeo.net/view/1104

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cevang/pont_soc/pospa/images/rc_con_cevang_ps_pospa_img_benin6.jpg

North Korea vs Benin

North Korea vs Benin

Benin's Human Developmental Index

 Human Developmental Index- Ranking 167 out of 187
Health                                        Life expectancy (at birth years) 56.1
Education                                  Mean years of schooling (of adults) (years) 3.3
Income                                      GNI per capita in ppp terms (constant 2005 international $) 1,364
Inequality                                  Inequality Adjusted HDI value
Poverty                              MPI multidimensional poverty index (k greater than or equal to 3) (%) n/a
Gender                                      GII: Gender inequality index, value 0.653
Sustainability                            Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI) 4.1
Demography                             population, total both sexes (thousands) 9,009.9
Composite indices                    Nonincome HDI value 0.456


http://hdrstats.undp.org/en/countries/profiles/BEN.html

Global Ranking 
 101 

http://www.heritage.org/index/country/benin