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Pacific trade and public health were in focus for statistics, customs and health officials from across the region late last year, part of broader joint efforts to develop trade data for better policy.

Improving the inclusion of people with disabilities in official data and decision-making is at the heart of a partnership of Pacific organisations, with a multi-year project funded by Australia launched this International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Computer tablets and cloud software are making Pacific statistics more accurate, advanced and cost-effective, with Pacific Community (SPC) support and World Bank software.

A dashboard that tracks transformation and progress towards the Pacific region’s 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent has been recognised by government representatives at the Pacific Community (SPC)’s chief governance meeting.

Spreadsheets, spreadsheets, spreadsheets: With the public sector still powered by office stalwart Excel, SPC’s Director of Statistics for Development Peter Ellis has advocated for greater use of ‘R’—open-source statistical software with Pacific roots and potential.

A new technical guide for poverty statisticians and welfare economists looks at methods to use household income and expenditure survey (HIES) data in estimating the value of rents, published by the Pacific Community (SPC) with World Bank support.

Statistics leaders from 14 Pacific countries and territories—as well as representatives from 10 international development organisations, including the Pacific Community (SPC)—meet in Vanuatu next week to discuss the major statistical matters and decisions facing the region.

The Pacific Community (SPC) is at this week’s Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting where a new, freely accessible online dashboard that tracks transformation towards the region’s 2050 Strategy for the Blue Pacific Continent has been shared.