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.

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

PPI™ Toolkit for Nicaragua

• PPI™ Design Documentation Memo for Nicaragua: A detailed technical description of the PPI construction and design for Nicaragua, written by Mark Schreiner & Gary Woller.
• PPI™ Indicators and Lookup Table for Nicaragua: Country-specific set of PPI indicators and corresponding poverty likelihood lookup table for Nicaragua.
  PPI Interview Guidelines for Nicaragua: Definitions and instructions for enumerators based on the 2005 Living Standards Measurement Survey (EMNV, Encuesta Nacional de Hogares sobre Medición de Nivel de Vida).
• PPI Sampling Guidelines for Nicaragua: 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)