On November 8, IPA Kenya,&nbsp;in collaboration with the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, <a href="https://www.povertyindex.org/ipa-host-launch-event-kenyas-latest-ppi">h… a launch event</a> for Kenya's latest Poverty Probability Index&nbsp;(PPI®), an easy-to-use poverty measurement tool. PPIs are created by a statistical learning model that selects 10 questions from a country's own national survey data, which most strongly predict poverty in the country.&nbsp;Answers to these 10 questions are converted to individual household poverty likelihoods and group poverty rates. This new PPI is based on data from Kenya's 2015 Household Budget Survey.&nbsp;This session:<ol><li>Explained what the PPI is and how it works</li><li>Introduced the newly-updated PPI for Kenya</li><li>Explained how to use PPI data to drive business decisions</li><li>Shared tips and tools to optimize PPI use</li><li>Discussed custom PPIs that can be created for different contexts/applications.</li></ol>Speakers at the event included Paul Kemboi Samoei (Senior Manager, Research and Development, Directorate of Statistical Coordination and Methods, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics),&nbsp;<a href="/people/allison-stone">Allison Stone</a>&nbsp;(Deputy Country Director, IPA Kenya),&nbsp;<a href="/people/varun-kshirsagar">Varun Kshirsagar</a>&nbsp;(Technical Director, PPI), and&nbsp;<a href="/people/william-blackmon">William Blackmon</a>&nbsp;(Research Coordinator, IPA Kenya).The event was featured in the&nbsp;<em>Daily Nation</em>, Kenya's highest-circulation independent newspaper:

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