Poverty Index (PPI)

Holds each member's Progress out of Poverty Index assessment, a survey-based poverty likelihood score used for social-performance measurement and as an input to credit scoring. Scores let the institution target the poor, track impact over time and inform lending limits.

Workflow

Go to Risk and Compliance then Poverty Index (PPI)
Open or create a PPI assessment for a member
Answer the country-specific PPI questions
Save to compute the member's poverty-likelihood score
Track score changes over time for the member and the portfolio

Fields reference

Every field on this screen, drawn from the live data model.

Field	Type	Required	Description
Poverty Likelihood % `poverty_likelihood`	Decimal	—	Likelihood of being below poverty line
Member `member_id`	Link → mfi.member	Yes	Member
Assessment Date `assessment_date`	Date	Yes	Assessment Date
Country `country_id`	Link → res.country	Yes	Country
Has Message `has_message`	Yes/No	—	Has Message
Reference `name`	Text	—	Reference
Poverty Line `poverty_line`	Choice: National Poverty Line, $1.90/day PPP (extreme), $2.50/day PPP, $5.50/day PPP	—	Poverty Line
Assessed By `assessed_by_id`	Link → res.users	—	Assessed By
Field Officer `field_officer_id`	Link → res.users	—	Field Officer
Assessment Location `assessment_location`	Choice: Member Home, Branch Office, Member Business, Field Visit	—	Assessment Location
Latitude `latitude`	Decimal	—	Latitude
Longitude `longitude`	Decimal	—	Longitude
Responses `response_ids`	List	—	Responses
Total Score `total_score`	Number	—	Total Score
Maximum Score `max_score`	Number	—	Maximum Score
Score % `score_percentage`	Decimal	—	Score %
Poverty Band `poverty_band`	Choice: Extreme Poverty (<$1.90/day), Moderate Poverty ($1.90-$3.20/day), Vulnerable ($3.20-$5.50/day), Above Poverty Line (>$5.50/day)	—	Poverty Band
Status `state`	Choice: Draft, Completed, Verified, Cancelled	—	Status
Verified By `verified_by_id`	Link → res.users	—	Verified By
Verification Date `verified_date`	Date	—	Verification Date
Notes `notes`	Long text	—	Notes
Company `company_id`	Link → res.company	—	Company

Actions & buttons

Buttons available on this screen and what they do:

Load Questions
Complete
Verify
Cancel

Status lifecycle

Records on this screen move through these statuses:

Draft → Completed → Verified → Cancelled

Notes & rules

Model mfi.member.ppi
Survey-based poverty-likelihood score
Built from PPI Questions and Country Tables
Feeds social-performance and credit scoring

Technical model: mfi.member.ppi · Record: Member PPI Assessment