Visitor arrival numbers slump in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories
Tourism and the Pandemic
All around the world, COVID-19 is having serious impacts on the tourism industry. The Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) are no exception.
Geospatial solutions help improve statistics in the Pacific
Cartography is an integral part of household census and survey cycles. Traditionally, maps have been used to help with field enumeration and to spatially represent aggregated results and indicators for analysis and dissemination.
Launching the one-stop-shop for Pacific Data: a blog by Jonathan Kings and Stuart Minchin
Data and statistics about the Pacific are not easy to find unless you know where to look, or they’re your own. Often they can be fragmented, and tangible results from others’ research, projects or development work are hard to compare. It’s an issue…
Pacific Data Hub to make data accessible for all
Pacific Governments, agencies, donors and civil society now have a central source of reliable and current data to help them to make decisions that affect Pacific Islanders.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) has backed The Pacific Community…
Launch of the Pacific Data Hub
Pacific Data Hub To Make Data Accessible For All.
This unique gateway will provide governments, agencies, donors and civil society with a central source of reliable and current data from the Pacific.
3rd Pacific Statistics Standing Committee (PSSC) Meeting
The Pacific Community (SPC) wishes to advise members that it will convene the 3rd PSSC Virtual Meeting on 25 November 2020.
Good data is the key to a sustainable post-COVID Pacific
Good data and statistics make essential contributions to building resilient and strong democratic societies. Decisions based on empirical data rather than anecdote or opinion are the foundation for good policy and planning. A focus on science and…
New data shows significant declines in international trade in four Pacific Island countries
2020 will be remembered as the year the world experienced COVID-19, the first global pandemic of the modern era. The Pacific has not been spared, and although the number of cases has not reached certain levels known elsewhere in the world, many economic…