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 the Bolivia was created in December of 2009.

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

PPI™ Toolkit for Bolivia

• PPI™ Design Documentation Memo for Bolivia (English): A detailed technical description of the PPI construction and design, written by Mark Schreiner.
• PPI™ Design Documentation Memo Tables for Bolivia (Español): Complete set of translated tables that are included in the design documentation memo, written and translated by Mark Schreiner.
  
• PPI™ Indicators and Lookup Table for Bolivia(English):An example of a country-specific set of PPI indicators and corresponding poverty likelihood lookup table.
• PPI™ Indicators and Lookup Table for Bolivia (Español): An example of a country-specific set of PPI indicators and corresponding poverty likelihood lookup table, translated by Mark Schreiner.
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)