The Progress out of Poverty Index™ (PPI™) for Pakistan is an easy-to-use, objective client poverty assessment tool. It estimates the likelihood that a participant has income below the 100% National Poverty Line, 50% National Poverty Line, 75% National Poverty Line, 125% National Poverty Line, 200% National Poverty Line, USAID "Extreme" Poverty Line, $1.25/Day/2005 PPP Poverty Line.$2.50/Day/2005 PPP Poverty Line, and $3.75/Day/2005 PPP Poverty Line.

The PPI uses 10 simple indicators that field workers can quickly collect and verify. Scores can be computed by hand on paper in real time. With 90-percent confidence, a group’s estimated overall poverty rate is accurate within +/–1.1 percentage points. The PPI can help programs target services, track changes in poverty over time, and report on poverty rates.

Indicators in the PPI were derived from the 15,439 households surveyed in the 2005/6 Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey (PSLM). This is the best, most recent household survey available with income or expenditure data. The latest version of the PPI for Pakistan was created in September of 2009.

* This description is taken from: The Progress out of Poverty Index^TM: A Simple Poverty Scorecard for Pakistan, Mark Schreiner.

PPI™ Toolkit for Pakistan

• PPI™ Design Documentation for Pakistan: A detailed technical description of the PPI construction and design, written by Mark Schreiner.
• PPI™ Indicators and Lookup Table for Pakistan: An example of a country-specific set of PPI indicators and corresponding poverty likelihood lookup table.
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)