The Simple Poverty ScorecardTM for Ghana uses ten low-cost indicators from the
2012/13 Living Standards Survey to estimate the likelihood that a household has
consumption below a given poverty line. Field workers can collect responses in about
ten minutes. The scorecard’s bias and precision are reported for a range of poverty
lines. Poverty scoring is a practical way for pro-poor programs in Ghana to measure
poverty rates, to track changes in poverty rates over time, and to segment clients for
targeted services.