The Progress out of Poverty Index™ (PPI™) for Bangladesh is an easy-to-use, objective client poverty assessment tool. It estimates the likelihood that a participant has income below the Upper National Poverty Line, Lower National Poverty Line, USAID "Extreme" Poverty Line, $1.25/Day/PPP., $1.75/Day/PPP, and $2.50/Day/PPP.

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. 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 2005 HIES. This is the best, most recent household survey available with income or expenditure data. The latest version of the PPI for Bangladesh was updated in April of 2009.

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

PPI™ Toolkit for Bangladesh

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