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Elaine Chang
• 04/22/15
• Posted in Data Collection
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Cross-posted from TaroWorks' Blog

TaroWorks now enables you to see Progress out of Poverty Index (PPI) results with built-in reports and dashboards. In addition to accessing all PPI scorecard questions through TaroWorks’ survey library, organizations can now see aggregated results as surveys are submitted.

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Frank Ballard
• 04/19/15
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The Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA), a global consortium that researches and promotes science-based impact assessment tools for agricultural producers, has released a synthesis of its 2013 report “Testing the Progress out of Poverty Index in the COSA Platform.” In 2012, COSA realized that a widely-applicable poverty assessment tool would complement its own suite of tools, and this report presents the findings of its review of tools and testing of the PPI.

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Frank Ballard
• 03/13/15
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1. Average poverty likelihoods, not PPI scores.

To calculate a poverty rate for a group of individuals, first convert each individual’s PPI score to a poverty likelihood using the Look-up Table. Second (and finally) average all of the poverty likelihoods to calculate the poverty rate. This simple method is the only way to accurately calculate a poverty rate estimate using the PPI.

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Frank Ballard
• 02/11/15
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Many smallholder farmers in Eastern Kenya are at a disadvantage when selling their crops on the market. They tend to lack adequate storage for their crops, as well as access to financial services and integration into the market. Due to these factors, poorer farmers often sell their crops at harvest to earn much needed income, when markets are flooded and crop prices are low.

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Lindsey Longendyke
• 09/12/14
• Posted in data analysis
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Perhaps one of the most exciting and appealing uses of the Progress out of Poverty Index is what we call a “poverty movement analysis.” When an organization collects PPI data from its clients over the course of multiple years, it can compare poverty rates between two points in time to determine if, on average, clients’ poverty levels are improving. For any organization with a mission to reduce poverty, this analysis is critically important.

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Julie Peachey
• 07/28/14
• Posted in agriculture
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This article was originally published on the Huffington Post

Thomas Jefferson once said: "Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country and wedded to its liberty and interests by the most lasting bands."

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Alex Murray
• 07/22/14
• Posted in ppi implementation, Kenya
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Are we fulfilling our mission? How do we implement our vision?

When steering an organization, continual review of strategic objectives is essential to ensure managerial decisions align with the mission statement and long-term vision. Faced with day-to-day operational pressures, how can leadership ensure its decisions correlate with its stated mission?

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Lindsey Longendyke
• 04/02/14
• Posted in research, financial inclusion
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InterMedia is a nonprofit organization that specializes in research and evaluation. InterMedia has partnered with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Financial Services for the Poor program to research how people – especially the poor – make use of mobile money and other digital financial services.

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Lindsey Longendyke
• 03/26/14
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For organizations that serve families living in poverty, a misinformed decision can squander limited resources or overlook an opportunity to help a family in need. That is why Grameen Foundation promotes the Progress out of Poverty Index, or PPI. Poverty data can help an organization’s management team make better decisions in the interest of the poor. However, PPI data is only useful if the organization has adopted best practices to ensure accuracy and the management team is willing to respond to findings.  

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