The Progress out of Poverty Index™ (PPI™) for Tanzania is an easy-to-use, objective client poverty assessment tool. It estimates the likelihood that a participant has income below the Food Poverty Line, National Poverty Line, 150% of the National Poverty Line, 200% of the National Poverty Line, USAID "Extreme" Poverty Line, $1.25/Day/2005 PPP line, and $2.50/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 Tanzania's 2007 Household Budget Survey. This is the best, most recent household survey available with income or expenditure data. The latest PPI for Tanzania was created in March 2011.

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

PPI™ Toolkit for Tanzania

• PPI™ Design Documentation for Tanzania: A detailed technical description of the PPI construction and design, written by Shiyuan Chen, Mark Schreiner and Gary Woller.
• PPI™ Indicators and Lookup Table for Tanzania: An example of a country-specific set of PPI indicators and corresponding poverty likelihood lookup table.
• PPI Interview Guidelines for Tanzania: 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 Tanzania: 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). Coming Soon!
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)