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Welcome to the November updates!

Below you can find information about updates and new releases in the Pacific Community Statistics for Development online platforms including:

  • Indicator datasets
  • Documented censuses / surveys & microdata
  • Reports
  • SDD - related news
  • Events
  • and more!

And lastly, at the bottom of this newsletter you can find key links and contact details.  Please don't be shy - we appreciate your feedback!

 
 

Stat Of The Week

 
 

In 2019, over half of women aged 15 to 64 in Kiribati reported experiencing physical violence from their partner at least once in their lifetime. More info

 

Nauru 🇳🇷 is expected to have the highest proportion of children at 37%, followed closely by Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬 at 36% and Samoa 🇼🇸 at 35%. More info

 

This World Diabetes Day, we draw attention to the serious health challenges facing the Pacific region. More info

 

Recent Updates

 
 

News

 
 

News Articles

  • Pencils to pixels: Pacific statistics ‘smarter, faster’ with SPC–World Bank tech and training

  • Pacific leaders at UN World Data Forum talk on data modernisation and climate change

  • CRGA 54: Dashboard on 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent endorsed

  • Pacific representation at open-source meet-up supported by SPC and Pacific Data Hub

 
 
 

Data / Indicators ( via PDH.stat )

 
 

Updated datasets

  • International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS)

  • World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators

  • WASH Indicators update

  • SDG WHO Indicators update

  • SDG UNSD Update

  • Asian Development Bank Key Indicators

  • Currency Exchange Rates

  • Balance Of Payment

  • Crops and livestock products

 
 
 
 

Reports and Documents

 
 

New 

  • SIAP Webinar: Disability Data for Inclusive Policy Analysis and Programming
  • Pacific Group on Disability Statistics (PGDS) Project Multi-Year Work Plan 2024-2026
  • Fiji population profile: a guide for planners and policy makers
  • American Samoa population profile: a guide for planners and policy makers
  • Tonga population profile based on the 1996 census: a guide for planners and policy makers
  • Preliminary population projections for Western Samoa: 1981-1996
  • Background paper prepared for the UNFPA Programme Development Mission to the South Pacific
  • Tuvalu population profile: a guide for planners and policy-makers
  • Tonga population profile: a guide for planners and policy-makers
  • Regional meeting of population census planners (Noumea, New Caledonia, 10-14 March 1975): Report
  • Guam population profile: a guide for planners and policy-makers
  • Troisième conférence régionale sur l'organisation des recensements (Port-Vila, Vanuatu, 3-7 juin 1985): rapport
  • Deuxième conférence régionale sur l'organisation des recensements (Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie, 17-21 septembre 1979): rapport
  • Third Regional Meeting of Population Census Planners (Port Vila, Vanuatu, 3-7 June 1985): Report
  • Training course on population statistics and educational planning (Suva, Fiji, 15 July to 2 August 1974): Report
  • Guam population Profile [Draft]
  • 1986 Population census in Fiji: SPC/UNFPA Workshop on Population Data and Development Planning (Noumea, 18 - 22 February 1991)
  • Vanuatu Demographic and Health Survey 2013: DHS Key Facts and figures at your fingertips
  • Oceania: census and population data: preliminary list of SPC library holdings prepared for the ESCAP workshop for Population Correspondents, Suva, December, 1977
  • Training course on census methods (Suva, Fiji, 3rd to 28th November, 1969): Report
  • Population estimates for the South Pacific region, 1964-1977 = Estimation de la population dans le Pacifique Sud, 1964-1977
  • Population
  • Report on Statistical operations and procedures [SOAP] course : Apia, Samoa, 27 April to 29 May 1998
  • Populations of the South Pacific by sex and religion
  • Projections of the population of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate: 1970-1985
  • Marital structure of Fiji's population: SPC/UNFPA Workshop on Population Data and Development Planning (Noumea, 18 - 22 February 1991)
  • Conférence régionale sur l'organisation des recensements (Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie, 10-14 mars 1975): Rapport
  • Sub-regional Training Course on Vital Statistics [Report]: Alofi, Niue, 4 - 23 June 1982
  • Training course on vital statistics: Suva, Fiji, 9th to 27th July, 1973
  • Séminaire Régional sur les Nouvelles Perspectives en Matière de Communication de Démographie: (Auckland, Nouvelle-Zélande, 26 février - 2 mars 1990)
  • Regional Seminar on New Perspectives in Population Communication in the Pacific (Auckland, New Zealand, 26 February - 2 March 1990)
  • Training course on vital statistics methods: Suva, Fiji, 26th July to 13th August, 1971
  • Pacific Parliamentary Assembly on Population and Development (PPAPD) : the 2nd Biennial thematic conference title : "Safeguarding Pacific youth : accelerating actions through partnership with Pacific Parliamentarians", Tusitala Hotel, Apia, Samoa 21-24…
  • Second regional meeting of population census planners : Noumea, New Caledonia, 17-21 September 1979: Report
  • Guidance for Collection and Processing of Cause-of-Death Data in the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System - A Review of Good Practices
  • Fourth Regional Meeting of Population Census and National Development Planners (Noumea, New Caledonia, 18 -22 February 1991)
  • The need for a re-organisation of the statistical services of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas
  • Sub-Regional Training Course in Population Data and Population Policies [Report]
  • Federated States of Micronesia population profile: a guide for planners and policy-makers
  • Réunion de consultation régionale CPS/FNUAP sur l'information et la communication en matière de population dans le Pacifique (Suva, Fidji, 19-22 octobre 1992)
  • Report on sub-regional training course in population data and educational planning: Suva, Fiji, 7-31 August 1984
  • Report on proposed new retail price indexes for Tarawa, Gilbert Islands, 1975
  • Réunion technique visant à déterminer la faisabilité de l'établissement d'un système d'information par internet pour la région océanienne
  • Technical Meeting to Assess the Feasibility of Establishing an Internet-Based Information System for the Pacific Region (2002 : Noumea, New Caledonia): (Noumea, New Caledonia, 24 - 25 April 2002)
  • Population and development data: disentangling facts from fiction and almost-matches
  • Stage de Formation Local sur les Méthodes et Techniques Démographiques
  • Advancing statistical development in the Pacific Island
  • Review of SPC statistical publications
  • SPC/UNFPA Regional Consultative Meeting on Population Information and Communication in the Pacific (Suva, Fiji, 19-22 October 1992)

Updated

  • Training manual [Kiribati]: integration of population issues into development planning

  • Training manual [Western Samoa]: integration of population issues into development planning

  • Training manual [Nauru]: integration of population issues into development planning

  • Training manual [Palau]: integration of population issues into development planning

  • Training manual [Solomon Islands]: integration of population issues into development planning

  • Training manual [Cook Islands]: integration of population issues into development planning

  • Training manual [Marshall Islands]: integration of population issues into development planning

  • Training manual [CNMI]: integration of population issues into development planning

  • Training manual [CNMI]: integration of population issues into development planning

  • Training manual [Guam]: integration of population issues into development planning

  • Training manual [American Samoa]: integration of population issues into development planning

  • Training manual [Tuvalu]: integration of population issues into development planning

  • Training manual [Fiji]: integration of population issues into development planning

  • Training manual [Vanuatu]: integration of population issues into development planning

  • Training manual [Tonga]: integration of population issues into development planning

  • Pacific islands population association planning workshop (6-8 June 1994, Nabua, Fiji): Report

  • Pacific Island populations: report prepared by the South Pacific Commission for the International Conference on Population and Development, 5-13 September 1994, Cairo

  • Oceania Census and population data: List of SPC holdings

  • Fiji disability monograph: an analysis of the 2017 Population and Housing Census

  • 2018 Samoa disability monograph: an analysis of the 2016 Population and Housing Census /

  • Palau 2017 Disability Report

  • Nauru 2015 Disability Report

  • Kiribati Disability Monograph: from the 2015 population and Housing census

  • Disability in Tonga: analysis of the situation of people with disability based on the 2016 population and housing census

  • The Pacific food trade database: a method for cleaning international food trade data for regional analysis

  • Curriculum for ICD-11 coding of causes of death: for Pacific Island countries and territories

  • Curriculum on medical certification of cause of death for Pacific Island Countries and Territories

 
 
 

Events

 
 

November

  • Labour Statistics Standards and Data Processing Workshop
  • UN World Data Forum
  • Pacific Group on Disability Statistics (PGDS) steering Committee
  • 2024 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29)
  • SPC Annual Learning and Results Workshop
  • Power BI Workshop
  • Advancements in Pacific Trade Data: Pacific Customs Commodity and Food and Beverage Databases
  • Samoa Bureau of Statistics GIS for Surveys and Census training
  • Fiji Bureau of Statistics GIS for Surveys and Census training
  • 7th OECD World Forum on Well-being
  • CAPI training
  • 54th meeting of the Committee of Representatives of Governments and Administrations (CRGA 54)

December

  • Gender Equity Convening
  • 9th session of the ESCAP Committee on Statistics
  • SIAP Governing Council and Management Seminar

Note: Event pages include links to associated event documents

 
 
 
 
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