SPC’s Statistics for Development Updates
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SPC’s Statistics for Development updates
Welcome to the August 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
French Polynesia boasts the largest exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Pacific, covering 4.8 million square kilometres. For comparison, Japan ranks among the top EEZ holders with approximately 4.5 square kilometres (source: Japan Fisheries Agency). More info
In Papua New Guinea, the area harvested for banana production covers approximately 76,000 hectares, producing around 1.2 million tonnes of bananas. To put that in perspective, this area is roughly three times the size of Niue! More info
Celebrating International Youth Day in August, did you know that the Pacific region has a youth population of 18%, compared to the global average of 16% (source: United Nations)? The Marshall Islands leads with the highest proportion of youth at 23% in 2022. More info
Recent Updates
News
Reports and Documents
New
- Papua New Guinea unhealthy food and beverage imports: trends, trade agreements and policy implications
- Vanuatu hardship & poverty report: analysis of the 2010 Household Income and Expenditure Survey
- Working paper: processing the measurement of monetary poverty using Tonga HIES
- Assessing progress towards the reduction of multidimensional, extreme and monetary poverty in the Kingdom of Tonga: report: 2021
- Solomon Islands - analysis of the 2005/06 Household income and expenditure survey: Final report on the estimation of basic needs poverty lines, and the incidence and characteristics of poverty in Solomon Islands
Updated
Events
August
- Kiribati National Plan
- Medical Certificate Cause of Death training and CRVS Action Planning workshop
- Regional kNOwVAWdata Training: Measuring violence against women
- Regional Workshop on Population Estimates and Projections
September
- National Workshop for Developing Indicators
- Vital statistics report workshop for Pacific US Territories
- CRVS Action Planning, Vital Statistics and Medical Certificate Cause of Death
Note: Event pages include links to associated event documents
Statistics for Development Division
Pacific Statistics
• Learn all about
SDGs in the Pacific
• Browse statistics
by topic
or
by country
and download recently published reports
• Find out more about
Statistics Governance
in the Pacific region
Events & Calendars
• Read about
past and upcoming events
• Check
census and survey calendar
for each member country
Technical Assistance & Resources
• Learn all about the
technical assistance
SDD provides in the Pacific region
• Have a look at our statistical
guides and training materials
• Follow latest updates in the
Innovation section
of our website
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