Nicaragua
The Progress out of Poverty Index® (PPI®) for Nicaragua 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, 200% of National, 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. 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 Nicaragua's 2005 Living Standards Measurement Survey (EMNV, Encuesta Nacional de Hogares sobre Medición de Nivel de Vida). This is the best, most recent household survey available with income or expenditure data. The latest version of the PPI for Nicaragua was created in June 2010 and updated with Spanish language versions in April 2012.
This description is taken from: The Progress out of Poverty Index®: A Simple Poverty Scorecard for Nicaragua, Mark Schreiner & Gary Woller.
PPI® Toolkit for Nicaragua
- PPI Scorecard and Lookup Table: Country-specific set of PPI indicators and corresponding poverty likelihood lookup table for Nicaragua.
- 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 Interpretation of Indicators: Definitions and instructions for enumerators based on the 2005 Living Standards Measurement Survey.
- PPI Interpretación de Indicadores: Principales definiciones oficiales para cada indicador de la tarjeta de puntaje tomadas del manual del encuestador de la Encuesta Nacional de Hogares sobre Medición de Nivel de Vida de 2005.
- 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).
- 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 for Nicaragua, written by Mark Schreiner & Gary Woller.
- PPI Figuras del Documentación de Diseño: Información de carácter técnico sobre el diseño y la construcción del PPI escrito por Mark Schreiner.
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


