The Progress out of Poverty Index™ (PPI™) for Brazil is an easy-to-use, objective client poverty assessment tool. It estimates the likelihood that a participant has income below the Half-minimum-wage Line, Quarter-minimum-wage Line, One-minimum-wage Line, Two-minimum-wage Line, USAID "Extreme" Poverty Line, $1.25/Day/2005 PPP line, $2.50/Day/2005 PPP line, $3.75/Day/2005 PPP line, and $5.00/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. The PPI can help programs target services, track changes in poverty over time, and report on poverty rates.

 Indicators in the PPI are based on data from Brazil's 2008 National Household Survey (Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicilios, PNAD). This is the best, most recent household survey available with income or expenditure data. The latest version of the PPI for Brazil was created in March 2010.

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

PPI™ Toolkit for Brazil

• PPI™ Design Documentation for Brazil (2010): A detailed technical description of the PPI construction and design, written by Mark Schreiner.
• PPI™ Indicators and Lookup Table for Brazil (2010): Country-specific set of PPI indicators and corresponding poverty likelihood lookup tables.
• PPI Interview Guidelines for Brazil:  Definitions and instructions for enumerators based on Brazil's 2008 National Household Survey (Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicilios, PNAD). 
  PPI Sampling Guidelines for Brazil: 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). 
  
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)