The Progress out of Poverty Index™ (PPI™) for Palestine is an easy-to-use, objective client poverty assessment tool. It estimates the likelihood that a participant has income below the National Poverty Line, Subsistence Poverty Line, 150% of National Poverty Line, 200% of the National Poverty Line, USAID "Extreme" Poverty Line, $3.75/day 2005 PPP, 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 the 2007 Palestine Expenditure and Consumption Survey (PECS) conducted by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). This is the best, most recent household survey available with income or expenditure data. The latest version of the PPI for Palestine was created in July 2010.

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

PPI™ Toolkit for Palestine

• PPI™ Design Documentation for Palestine (2010): A detailed technical description of the PPI construction and design, written by Mark Schreiner.
• PPI™ Indicators and Lookup Table for Palestine (2010): Country-specific set of PPI indicators and corresponding poverty likelihood lookup table.
• PPI Interview Guidelines for Palestine: Definitions and instructions for enumerators based on the data. No guidelines currently exist based on the enumerator manual. If you can provide any information please contact us at info@progressoutofpoverty.org.
• PPI Sampling Guidelines for Palestine: 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)