Documents & Reports
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Insights from High Frequency Phone Surveys in Tonga : Q2 2023 – Q4 2023 (English)
The development objective of the Pacific Observatory is to improve welfare for the poor and vulnerable in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Island Countries through expanding socio-economic information...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 189792 Document Date: January 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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2023 Food security monitoring in Papua New Guinea - Insights from high frequency phone surveys : April to September 2023 (English)
The objective of the Pacific Observatory is to improve welfare for the poor and vulnerable in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Island Countries through expanding socio-economic information for better data-driven...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 189788 Document Date: October 31, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Guidelines on Conducting Emergency Phone Surveys : Pacific Observatory (English)
The period following a shock such as a natural disaster is a demanding environment. Timely assessment of humanitarian needs and providing life-saving relief assistance to the affected population is crucial...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 181632 Document Date: April 19, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Pape,Utz Johann,Gupta,Rhea,Kim,Ypsse
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Nighttime Lights : Applications for the Pacific (English)
This note provides a deep dive into the quality of nighttime lights (NTL) data for Pacific Island Countries (PICs). It explores their potential to generate and complement regional socio-economic statistics...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 181629 Document Date: April 19, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chamorro Elizondo,Andres Fernando
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Pacific Islands - Pacific Observatory : Monitoring Economic Activity by Nighttime Light Data - Nighttime Lights : Application for the Pacific (English)
This note provides a deep dive into the quality of nighttime lights (NTL) data for Pacific Island Countries (PICs). It explores their potential to generate and complement regional socio-economic statistics...
Document Type: Report Report No.: AUS0003299 Document Date: April 19, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Chamorro Elizondo,Andres Fernando,Ben Stewart,Andree,Bo Pieter Johannes
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Pacific Islands - Pacific Observatory : Climate Monitoring (English)
Climate change poses an existential threat to many islands in the Pacific. Small island states in the region are increasingly vulnerable to extreme rainfall events, cyclones, changes in ocean circulation...
Document Type: Report Report No.: AUS0003299 Document Date: April 19, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Climate and Agriculture Monitoring in the Pacific Island Countries (English)
The populations in the Pacific Island Countries (PIC) are at disproportionately higher risk of adverse consequences from global warming. Current impacts include increasing droughts and water scarcity...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 181628 Document Date: April 19, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Istanto,Benny
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Papua New Guinea - COVID-19 Report (English)
Flow minder produced indicators of mobility using aggregated and anonymized data derived from call detail records (CDR data) of the mobile network operator Digicel Papua New Guinea; These indicators were...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 181631 Document Date: April 1, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Eyre, Robert,Veres, Galina,Harrison,James Q.,Delaporte, Sophie,Vollenweider, Xavier,Irdi, Caterina,Nakamura,Shohei
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Can Co-Deployment of Machine Learning and High-Frequency Surveys Produce Reliable Real-Time Data in Data-Scarce Regions? (English)
Capabilities to track fast-moving economic developments remain limited in many regions of the developing world. This makes assessing changes in the development context difficult, and complicates prioritizing...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 181630 Document Date: February 2, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Andree,Bo Pieter Johannes,Pape,Utz Johann
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Economic and Social Impacts of the Recent Crises in Tonga : Insights from the April-May 2022 Round of High Frequency Phone Surveys (English)
This report includes: the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai (HT-HH) volcanic eruption (January 15, 2022) and a subsequent tsunami, COVID-19 outbreak and the associated lockdown (starting on February 2); to assess...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 177540 Document Date: October 21, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Climate Database for the Pacific (English)
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 184194 Document Date: October 1, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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The Pacific Observatory : Socio-Economic Impacts of COVID-19 in Vanuatu - Insights from High Frequency Phone Surveys, July-September 2022 (English)
The Pacific Observatory is a World Bank analytical program that aims to improve welfare for the poor and vulnerable in Vanuatu and the Pacific Island Countries through expanding socio-economic information...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 184055 Document Date: September 1, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kanagavel, Rajee,Metreveli,Elene,Nakamura,Shohei
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The Pacific Observatory : Socio-Economic Impacts of COVID-19 in Solomon Islands - Insights from High Frequency Phone Surveys, September 2022 (English)
The Pacific Observatory is a World Bank initiative to increase data availability and quality and to promote evidence-based policy decisions. This presentation utilizes data from the Pacific Observatory’s...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 184054 Document Date: September 1, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Johnson,Darcey Jeanne Genou,Khandelwal,Ritika,Naidoo,Darian,Wokker,Christopher Jan,Zhang,Kexin,Zheng,Shuwen
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Economic and Social Impacts of the Recent Crises in Tonga : Insights from the July - August 2022 round of High Frequency Phone Surveys - Round 2 (English)
The Round 2 Tonga HFPS was collected from 2,504 households between July 12 and August 26, 2022.
Document Type: Report Report No.: 178596 Document Date: August 31, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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COVID-19 in Papua New Guinea : Economic and Social Impacts - Insights from the Fifth Round of High Frequency Phone Surveys (English)
The fifth round of the high frequency phone survey (HFPS) interviewed 2,630 households in June 2022 on the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19, including employment and income, community trust and security...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 177539 Document Date: May 31, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank