Burkina Faso

The Progress out of Poverty Index® (PPI®) for Burkina Faso is an easy-to-use, objective client poverty assessment tool. It estimates the likelihood that a participant has income below 50% of the National Poverty Line, 75% of the National Poverty Line, 100% of the National Poverty Line, 150% 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 data from Burkina Faso's 2003 Household Living Standards Survey (2003 EBCVM). This is the best, most recent household survey available with income or expenditure data. The latest version of the PPI for Burkina Faso was created in June 2011.  Question #9 in the French version of the scorecard was revised in July of 2011.

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

PPI® Toolkit for Burkina Faso