Many measures of poverty: Life expectancy

Source: United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Environment Programme, The World Bank, World Resources Institute . 2005. World Resources 2005 -- The Wealth of the Poor: Managing ecosystems to fight poverty.

Well-being can be measured using indicators other than income poverty. Three maps of Africa show country-by-country variations in the three indicators used by the United Nations Development Programme to annually measure human development -- adult literacy, life expectancy at birth, and gross domestic product per capita.

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