1. SDD’s Census and Survey Technical Support: 2018 activities
Pacific Statistics Standing Committee meeting,
Nadi, Fiji,
1 November, 2018
Michael Sharp,
Statistics for Development Division

2. Acknowledgement
I’d like to firstly acknowledge our dear friend and colleague, Pierre Wong, who sadly passed away in August this year. Pierre shared his skills and knowledge widely throughout the Pacific and he has been integral to statistical development and, of course, much happiness and laughter, in the Pacific region. Pierre contributed his brilliant mind and hard work to everything that I am about to present to you this afternoon.

3. Census and survey planning
Vanuatu 2019 National Sustainable Development Plan Baseline Survey
Sample design
Questionnaire design
Field schedule
Data capture system (CAPI)
Classifications
Wallis and Futuna 2018 population and housing census
Mapping
Household listing
Data entry system (PAPI)
Chuuk (FSM) 2018 household listing

4. Census and survey implementation
Kiribati 2018 household listing
KI-NSO, UNFPA and UNICEF
Field schedule and budget
Questionnaire design (CAPI)
Mapping
Enumerator training
CAPI support (South-South)
Data processing
Tonga 2018 disability survey
TDoS, UNICEF and WG
Sample design
Questionnaire design (CAPI)
Pilot test
Enumerator training
CAPI support (South-South)
Data processing

5. Data processing, analysis and reporting
Tuvalu 2017 interim census
Data processing and tabulation
Analysis training
Data set, report and policy briefs
Solomon Islands 2017 Integrated Agricultural Survey
Tuvalu 2015/16 household income and expenditure survey
Data set and report
Dissemination workshop
Cook Islands 2015/16 household income and expenditure survey
Niue 2015/16 household income and expenditure survey

6. Metadata documentation and microdata preservation
World Bank funded through the Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building
Three components:
Microdata preservation and metadata documentation
Microdata anonymization, standardisation and dissemination
Optimised sampling strategies in small island states

7. Multiple indicator cluster survey partnership with UNICEF
Workshop 1 (regional): survey planning
Workshop 2: data capture, processing and tabulation
Kiribati 2018 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
Sample design
Capacity building
Tuvalu 2019 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey

8. Capacity building Sub regional training in Stata and CSPro
Tonga prevalence of undernourishment (SDG 2.1.1) and food insecurity experience scale (SDG 2.1.2)
Regional PoU and FIES
FAO regional technical cooperation programme
Samoa disability monologue infographics and dissemination workshop
Tuvalu disability analysis workshop
QGIS workshop in partnership

9. Methodological best practice: The RMI HIES experiment
Partnership with EPPSO, the World Bank, ILO, FAO, UNICEF and SPC
Funded by EPPSO, World Bank, NZ-MFAT and SPC
Three main components:
Testing new technology (CAPI) and backup protocols in small island states
Inclusion of complementary survey modules
Testing optimal methods for the collection of consumption data

10. Data analysis: Pacific Food Systems
Partnership with the University of Wollongong and WorldFish
Funded by ACIAR
Secondary analysis of HIES data:
Consumption estimates
Demand estimates
Dietary diversity
Access to macro-and-micro nutrients
Food security and food systems
Secondary analysis of trade data to estimate volume and value of food trade

11. Other statistical developments
Pacific Strategic Plan for Agricultural and Fisheries Statistics (P-SPAFS)
Pacific Nutrient Database (PNDB)

12. Thank you