Tool Implementation

Implementation Manual

Instructions for implementing a USAID Poverty Assessment Tool, including processing the data collected in the survey and calculating the percentage of those interviewed who are “very poor”, are included in the PAT Implementation Manual. This manual was last updated in April 2008 and can be downloaded through the links at the left. Although the PAT Implementation Manual was designed specifically for implementing the USAID Poverty Assessment Tools, it can be easily adapted and used as a valuable resource for implementing any quantitative survey tool.

Help Desk

If you are required to implement a PAT for USAID reporting requirements, the PAT Help Desk is available to answer questions on all aspects of implementing the USAID Poverty Assessment Tools, at: pathelp@iris.econ.umd.edu. This is also the address you will use to send in your results, your database (in Zipped/Compressed format ONLY), and a copy of the tool used in the field, once you have completed the implementation process. (Due to funding limitations, the PAT Help Desk is ONLY available to those we are required to implement a PAT for USAID reporting requirements).

Training Materials

To aid partner organizations in learning how to implement a PAT and how to teach implementation procedures, the files below are available as a resource. These materials are not required to be used in training others on PAT implementation, nor do they represent an exhaustive set of materials for teaching all aspects of PAT implementation.