This study uses Nicaragua's 2009 Living Standards Measurement Survey to construct an easy-to-use scorecard that estimates the likelihood that a household has expenditure below a given poverty line. The scorecard uses ten simple indicators that field workers can quickly collect and verify. Poverty scores can be computed on paper in the field in about ten minutes. The scorecard's bias and precision are reported for a range of poverty lines. The simple poverty scorecard is a practical way for pro-poor programs in Nicaragua to measure poverty rates, to track changes in poverty rates over time, and to target services.
This paper updates an earlier Simple Poverty Scorecard for Nicaragua, using data from 2009 instead of 2005. Estimates from the two scorecards are compatible because they use the same definition of poverty, so users of the old scorecard can (and should) switch to the new one here.
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