Innovation in SDD | Statistics for Development Division

SDD Innovations provides an opportunity for you to participate in shaping the future direction of SDD. As we develop and test new ideas we will post them on this page and ask for you to give us your feedback.

Projects

Project	Last update	Status
A method for cleaning trade data for regional analysis: The Pacific Food Trade Database version 1 (1995-2018)	26/11/2020	On Going
Census Knowledge base	29/05/2020	On Going
Coastal Population Mapping	27/05/2020	Completed
Guidelines for Harmonising Census and Survey Microdata	28/02/2020	On Going
Matching consumption classification with food composition tables to facilitate poverty and nutrition analysis using household income and expenditure survey data	11/02/2021	On Going
Microdata Library	05/06/2023	On Going
New Approaches to Sample Design in Small Island States	28/02/2020	On Going
NSO Websites Network	30/09/2020	On Going
PDH.stat	02/10/2023	On Going
PopGIS Table Joining Service (TJS) Plugin for QGIS	-	Completed
PopGis v3	07/08/2023	On Going
Population Grids	07/07/2021	On Going
Proposal: High-frequency Phone Surveys of Households to Monitor Impact of COVID-19	29/05/2020	On Going
QGIS for Census and Survey Mapping	15/05/2020	Completed
SDD User Focus Project	22/09/2018	Completed
SDD Website Redevelopment	19/07/2021	On Going
SDG Dashboard	09/03/2019	On Going
Statistical Innovation and Capacity Building in the Pacific Islands Project (PACSTAT)	19/04/2022	On Going

Recent updates

Significant increase in collections

August 30, 2019 on Microdata Library

Users will notice that in the last few weeks the number of collections (called "studies" in the Microdata Library) has gone from 138 to 570! These additional 432 studies are "placeholders" and haven't currently got any content. This allows us to add a link to all the collections in the collections calendar and then progressively add questionnaires when they become available (even if the collection is still in the field), background information, reports, microdata sets etc
Pacific Data Archive rebranded

August 29, 2019 on Microdata Library

The web address for the Pacific Data Library (PDL) has changed so it is now completely within the Pacific Data Hub. The new address is https://microdata.pacificdata.org and we are now calling it the Pacific Microdata Library (PML). The interface has also changed a little to match the branding/styling of the Pacific Data Hub.
PopGIS3 for Vanuatu is now complete

July 23, 2019 on PopGis v3

PopGIS3 for Palau is now complete, and live.
PDH.stat Rebranded

July 19, 2019 on PDH.stat

The web address for PDH.stat has changed so it is now completely within the Pacific Data Hub. The new address is https://stats.pacificdata.org. The interface has also changed a little to match the branding/styling of the Pacific Data Hub.
The new website explained

June 25, 2019 on SDD Website Redevelopment

The new website replaces all the previous websites SDD was using in the past : NMDI, PRISM, and the old websites including event websites. This article explains to our long time visitors how and where to find the information they are looking for.
Manual being updated to QGIS 3.4 and published

May 9, 2019 on QGIS for Census and Survey Mapping

The QGIS for Census, Survey and Analysis Manual (draft) is being updated to version 3.4 of QGIS. This will then be officially published.
PopGIS3 for Palau is now complete

April 30, 2019 on PopGis v3

PopGIS3 for Palau is now complete and live.
Additional releases being prepared

March 29, 2019 on PopGis v3

Vanuatu PopGIS 3 is currently being prepared for release in the next few weeks. Additional updates will be provided soon.
Beta SDG Dashboard is Live

March 9, 2019 on SDG Dashboard

With the beta release of the Pacific Data Hub, the SDG Dashboard has already been released.
Methodology paper submitted for publication

February 27, 2019 on Coastal Population Mapping

A methodology paper has been submitted for publication with PLOS ONE. Updates to its progress will be provided when available.