Coming soon from Metrics for Management
Know whether you're reaching people living in poverty.
With just 3-5 questions, added to a survey you already run.
EquityTool LITE shows which households are likely to live below the international poverty line and which fall within the least wealthy 40% of their country.
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Better evidence starts with
understanding who you reach.
Fits your existing survey
LITE AT A GLANCE
LITE ON BURDEN.
RICH IN INSIGHT.
Built to fit your existing survey.
3-5
Household questions
A short addition to a survey you already run.
< 2 min
To complete the module
Keep the added time for respondents brief.
2
Poverty measures
International poverty and national relative wealth.
The measurement gap
Do you know
who you’re reaching?
A reach figure tells you how many people you serve. It doesn’t tell you their economic circumstances.
EquityTool LITE gives you evidence without fieldwork costs.
It provides information about the wealth of those you reach without added burden.
EquityTool LITE allows you to collect data even when your questionnaire is full.
How it works
A small addition
to your survey.
Country-specific household questions. A validated scoring method. Results you can bring into your reporting.
ASK
Add 3-5 questions about household characteristics, such as housing materials or access to electricity. Questions differ by country.
SCORE
The country-specific method scores responses and estimates each household’s position against two poverty thresholds.
UNDERSTAND
Report the proportion of respondents in each group. Explore differences across locations or services where your sample supports it.
WHAT YOU LEARN
Two perspectives.
A clearer picture of reach.
Relative wealth and absolute poverty answer different questions. LITE provides a separate classification for each.
Insight 1 / Relative wealth
Are you reaching the least wealthy 40%?
- 20%
- 20%
- 20%
- 20%
- 20%
- Least wealthy
- Most wealthy
Estimates the proportion of individuals you serve who fall within the bottom 40% of their country’s wealth distribution.
Insight 2 / Absolute poverty
Are you reaching people below the poverty line?
$3.00
per person, per day
2021 purchasing power parity
Estimates the proportion of individuals you serve who fall below the international poverty line.
Built for your work
Evidence that answers

your next question.
RESEARCH
Survey &
research firms
Your clients need poverty data. Your questionnaire is already full.
Add poverty classifications to customer research, service assessments and monitoring studies with only a few questions.
INVESTMENT
Impact
investors
Inclusion objectives need evidence about who investees reach.
Assess reach among people likely to be living in poverty and bring the findings into portfolio inclusion reporting.
PROGRAMS
Program
Implementers
Total reach figures can hide gaps in who is being served.
Examine who uses your services across locations or delivery channels, and identify where outreach may need to improve.
Choose what fits
EquityTool LITE or EquityTool?
Choose the detail you need and the way you want to collect it.
Coming soon
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Available now. Access it today.
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| Best suited for | Survey firms, impact investors, and program implementers seeking a short list of questions for existing surveys | NGOs, program implementers |
| Results | Bottom 40% nationally and international poverty line | Relative wealth quintiles |
| Questionnaire | 3-5 questions, under two minutes | 8-14 questions |
| Access | Contact us for your fully supported tool: partnerships@m4mgmt.org | Self-service tool |
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