Sri Lanka

The Progress out of Poverty Index® (PPI®) for Sri Lanka is an easy-to-use, objective client poverty assessment tool. It estimates the likelihood that a participant has income below the 100% of National Poverty line, Food Poverty Line, 125% of the National Poverty Line, 150% of National Poverty Line, 200% of National Poverty Line, 300% 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. 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 Sri Lanka's 2006/7 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES). This is the best, most recent household survey available with income or expenditure data. The latest version of the PPI for Sri Lanka was created in July 2010 and revised in March 2011 and November 2011 due to errors in questions #6-10 of the PPI Scorecard.

* This description is taken from: The Progress out of Poverty Index®: A Simple Poverty Scorecard for Sri Lanka, by Mark Schreiner.

PPI® Toolkit for Sri Lanka