Ecuador

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The Progress out of Poverty Index®  (PPI®) for Ecuador 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, USAID "Extreme" Poverty Line, $1.25/Day/PPP line, $2.50/Day/PPP line, $3.75/Day/PPP line, $5/Day/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 the Ecuador 2005/6 Living Standards Survey (Encuesta de Condiciones de Vida). This is the best, most recent household survey available with income or expenditure data. The latest version of the PPI for Ecuador was created in December of 2008.

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

PPI® Toolkit for Ecuador