The Progress out of Poverty Index™ (PPI™) for Mali is an easy-to-use, objective client poverty assessment tool. It estimates the likelihood that a participant has income below the National Poverty Line, National Food Line, USAID "Extreme" Poverty Line, $1.25/Day/2005 PPP line, and $2.50/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 the 2001 Enquête Malienne sur L'Evaluation de la Pauvreté (EMEP, Mali Poverty Evaluation Survey) conducted by Mali's Direction Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Information (DNSI). This is the best, most recent household survey available with income or expenditure data. The latest version of the PPI for the Mali was created in January 2010.

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

PPI™ Toolkit for Mali

• PPI™ Design Documentation for Mali (2010):A detailed technical description of the PPI construction and design, written by Mark Schreiner.
• PPI™ Indicators and Lookup Table for Mali (2010): An example of a country-specific set of PPI indicators and corresponding poverty likelihood lookup table.
• PPI™ Documentation de Conception pour le Mali (français): Une description technique détaillée de la construction et la conception PPI, écrit par Mark Schreiner, Traduit par la Fondation Grameen.
• PPI™ Indicateurs et Tableau pour le Mali(français et bamanankan): Carte simplifee de score de pauvrete pour Mali avec des indicateurs de pauvreté et aussi un tableau de'intervalles de probabilite de pauvrete.
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)