Organizations around the world are using the Progress Out of Poverty Index™ (PPI™) to measure their clients’ poverty levels and track changes of those levels over time.  As the number of PPI users increases, the need for standardized ways to verify PPI results also grows.  To meet this need, Grameen Foundation has developed standards of use for the PPI and a process to verify those standards and results.

Standards of Use

The standards were developed with input from a variety of stakeholders, from MFIs to investors, across the microfinance field. These standards represent the criteria an organization should have in place to collect and report poverty level information accurately in a transparent manner. An organization also can use these standards as a self-audit tool to refine its processes in using the PPI, enhance the quality of its reporting, and identify areas of improvement in its practices.  Enhancing the quality of information can help an organization make more effective decisions about social performance.

The standards cover aspects of intent, data collection, training, processing, and reporting and are available for three levels of users: basic, advanced and tracking over time.  The basic standards are mandatory for all PPI users, while the advanced and tracking-over-time standards apply to institutions that are longer term users of the PPI or tracking changes over time.  

Download the Standards!

• PPI Standards of Use - BASIC Spanish Version
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• PPI Standards of Use - Advanced Spanish Version
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• PPI Standards of Use - Tracking Over Time Spanish Version