SDD updates

Welcome to the July updates!

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

Recent updates

Documented Datasets (via PDH Microdata Library)

• Vanuatu 2002-2003 PROCFish/C - Socio-Economic survey: documented; microdata disseminated as “Public access”;
• Cook Islands 2007 PROCFish/C - Socio-Economic survey: documented; microdata disseminated as “Public access”;
• Fed. States of Micronesia 2006 PROCFish/C - Socio-Economic survey: documented; microdata disseminated as “Public access”;
• Kiribati 2004 PROCFish/C - Socio-Economic survey: documented; microdata disseminated as “Public access”;
• Nauru 2005 PROCFish/C - Socio-Economic survey: documented; microdata disseminated as “Public access”;
• Niue 2005 PROCFish/C - Socio-Economic survey: documented; microdata disseminated as “Public access”;
• Palau 2007 PROCFish/C - Socio-Economic survey: documented; microdata disseminated as “Public access”;
• Marshall Islands 2007 PROCFish/C - Socio-Economic survey: documented; microdata disseminated as “Public access”;
• Samoa 2005 PROCFish/C - Socio-Economic survey: documented; microdata disseminated as “Public access”;
• Solomon Islands 2006 PROCFish/C - Socio-Economic survey: documented; microdata disseminated as “Public access”;
• Tonga 2008 PROCFish/C - Socio-Economic survey: documented; microdata disseminated as “Public access”;
• Tuvalu 2004 PROCFish/C - Socio-Economic survey: documented; microdata disseminated as “Public access”.

Reports and Documents

• Federated States of Micronesia Integrated Agriculture Census 2016 Report
• Federated states of Micronesia Voluntary National Review (VNR) 2020 Report
• Papua New Guinea Voluntary National Review (VNR) 2020 Report
• Samoa Voluntary National Review (VNR) 2020 Report
• Kiribati Social Development Indicator Survey 2018-19, Snapshot of Key Findings
• Fiji International Merchandise Trade Statistics Tables 2020 (updated)
• Samoa International Merchandise Trade Statistics Tables 2020 (updated)
• Regional Table International Merchandise Trade Statistics 2005 to 2019 (updated)

News

• Pacific Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (PACCOICOP) 2020
• Webinar series on utilization of registers and administrative data in Census programmes of Pacific Island countries

Videos (via Pacific Statistics YouTube channel)

• 5th Pacific Statistics Methods Board Meeting (9-10 July 2020) - Day 1
• 5th Pacific Statistics Methods Board Meeting (9-10 July 2020) - Day 2

Innovations

• PopGIS3 for Nauru is now complete
• PopGIS3 for Niue is now complete
• PopGIS3 for Tuvalu is now complete
• PopGIS3 for the Solomon Islands is now complete

​Events (July) 

• [VIRTUAL] Global CRVS group meeting
• [VIRTUAL] 5th Pacific Statistics Methods Board (PSMB) Meeting - July 2020
• [VIRTUAL] High-level political forum 2020 under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)
• [VIRTUAL] 1st Meeting of the "Pacific Group on Disability Statistics" (PGDS)
• Webinar Registration: Launch Revenue Statistics in Asian and Pacific Economies 2020
• Webinar 1: International developments in Census methods in recent years: A review of the 2010 round and future prospects

Upcoming Events (August)

• [Virtual] 5th Pacific Geospatial and Surveying Council Meeting
• Webinar 2: What role can registers play in meeting the data requirements sought by a Population and Housing census?
• Webinar 3: Understanding the key requirements for the utilisation of registers for census statistics

Note: Event pages include links to associated event documents