The Progress out of Poverty Index® (PPI®) for Bolivia is an easy-to-use, objective client poverty assessment tool. It estimates the likelihood that a participant has income below the National Poverty Line, Food Poverty Line, 150% of  National Poverty Line, 200% of National Poverty Line, USAID "Extreme" Poverty Line, $1.25/day 2005 PPP line, .$2.50/day 2005 PPP line, and $3.75/day 2005 PPP 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, estimates of groups’ overall poverty rates are accurate to within +/–1.3 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 4,148 households surveyed in the 2007 Encuesta de Hogares. This is the best, most recent household survey available with income or expenditure data.The latest version of the PPI for Bolivia was created in December of 2009.

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

PPI® Toolkit for Bolivia

• PPI Indicators and Lookup Table:An example of a country-specific set of PPI indicators and corresponding poverty likelihood lookup table.
  
• PPI Tarjeta de Puntaje y Tabla de Probabilidades:  Indicadores específicos del PPI y tablas de probabilidad asociadas para generar las probabilidades y las tasas de pobreza.
• PPI Interview Guidelines: Definitions and instructions for enumerators based on the 2007 Encuesta de Hogares. 
  PPI Sample Size Calculator: This document allows users to determine a sample size with precision levels of their choice. It also enables users to determine the precision levels for a given sample size (N). Updated February 2012.
• PPI Calculador del Tamaño de la Muestra: Fórmula específica para cada país que estima el nivel de precisión de los resultados y determina el tamaño de la muestra basado en el intervalo y nivel de confianza deseados. 
  
• PPI Design Documentation Memo: A detailed technical description of the PPI construction and design, written by Mark Schreiner. 
  
• PPI Figuras del Documentación de Diseño: Información de carácter técnico sobre el diseño y la construcción del PPI escrito por Mark Schreiner.
  
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• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)