SDD updates

Welcome to the December updates - the first update from us in 2021 (although only covering content up until 31/12/20)! The SDD team trust you had a relaxing festive period with friends and family.

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Below you can find information about new releases through SDD's online platforms - documents, news, events, datasets, innovations and key website functionalities.

Recent updates

Data / Indicators (via PDH.stat)

Updated

• SDG datasets enriched with new data for Samoa and Tonga
• International merchandise trade statistics updated for Cook Islands, Fiji and Guam
• Currency exchange rates updated to include latest data from IMF
• Selected International Commodity Prices updated to include latest data from World Bank and FAO

​Documented Datasets (via PDH Microdata Library)

New

• Marshall Islands 2019-2020 Household Income and Expenditure Survey: documentation added, but not completed;
• Papua New Guinea 2020 High Frequency Phone Survey – Round 1: Documentation added + dataset disseminated as licensed;
• Solomon Islands 2020 High Frequency Phone Survey – Round 1: Documentation added + dataset disseminated as licensed.

Reports and Documents

New

• COVID19 Economic Impact Fact Sheet 2020 Half Yearly
• Papua New Guinea 2000 National Report - census
• Papua New Gunea 2011 Census Population at a Glance

News

• The Pacific Nutrient Database User Guide (PNDB)
• Guidelines for the harmonising of census and survey microdata release
• Visitor arrival numbers slump in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories
• Pre-COVID-19 impact assessment on 9 Pacific Island Countries

Innovations

• PDH.stat
  • Commodity prices updated to include latest data from World Bank and FAO
  • Currency exchange rates updated to include latest data from IMF
  • International merchandise trade statistics updated for Cook Islands, Fiji and Guam
  • PDH.stat Data Explorer upgraded to version 6.1
  • SDG datasets on PDH.stat enriched with new data for Samoa and Tonga

Key Functionalities Added to SDD Website

• Population pyramids updated with date slider and annual totals

​Events (December) 

• none

Upcoming Events (January)

• none

Note: Event pages include links to associated event documents