Dominican Republic

The Progress out of Poverty Index® (PPI®) for the Dominican Republic is an easy-to-use, objective client poverty assessment tool. It estimates the likelihood that a participant has income below the 50% of National Poverty Line, 75% of National Poverty Line, 100% of National Poverty Line, 150% of  National Poverty Line, 200% of National Poverty Line, USAID "Extreme" Poverty Line, $1.25/day 2005 PPP line, .$2.50/day 2005 PPP line, $3.75/day 2005 PPP line and $5.00/day 2005 PPI 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. With 90-percent confidence, estimates of groups’ overall poverty rates are accurate to within +/–1.3 percentage points. The PPI can help programs target services, track changes in poverty over time, and report on poverty rates.

Indicators in the PPI were derived from the 8,363 households in the 2007 Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares (ENIGH). This is the best, most recent household survey available with income or expenditure data.The latest version of the PPI for the Dominican Republic was created in November of 2010.

* This description is taken from: The Progress out of Poverty Index®: A Simple Poverty Scorecard for the Dominican Republic, Mark Schreiner.

PPI® TOOLKIT FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

  • PPI Scorecard and Lookup Table: Country-specific set of PPI indicators and corresponding poverty likelihood lookup table.
  • PPI Tarjeta de Puntaje: Indicadores específicos del PPI para Republica Dominicana desarrollados con base en la Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares de 2007 para Republica Dominicana.
  • PPI Tabla de Probabilidades: Tablas usadas para determinar la probabilidad de pobreza o las tasas de pobreza teniendo como base la tarjeta de puntaje para Colombia.
  • PPI Interpretation of Indicators: Official instructions (where available) for each indicator in the PPI scorecard taken from the 2007 Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares enumerator manual. Created May 2012.
  • PPI Sample Size Calculator: 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). Updated February 2012.
  • PPI Calculador del Tamaño de la Muestra: Fórmula específica para cada país que estima el nivel de precisión de los resultados y determina el tamaño de la muestra basado en el intervalo y nivel de confianza deseados. Created March 2012.
  • PPI Design Documentation Memo: A detailed technical description of the PPI construction and design, written by Mark Schreiner.
  • PPI Figuras del Documentación de Diseño: Información de carácter técnico sobre el diseño y la construcción del PPI escrito por Mark Schreiner.