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SPC Headquarters:
BP D5, 98848
Noumea Cedex
95 Promenade Roger Laroque, Anse Vata
New Caledonia
Tel.: +687 26.20.00
Fax: +687 26.38.18
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Private Mail Bag,
Suva, Fiji Islands
Tel.: +679 337.07.33
Fax: +679 337.00.21
Last Updated:
3 February, 2006
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The Regional Poverty Assessment and Analysis Already Undertaken
Until recently, poverty has not been considered a serious issue in most Pacific countries. Pacific society has long been seen as a traditional culture of caring for and sharing with family and island or village community. Images of hunger and destitution and of absolute poverty frequently seen in other parts of the developing world have been largely absent in the Pacific.
In the last decade, however, the relatively poor economic performance of many of the Pacific states, the political instability and ethnic tensions that have surfaced in some countries, the increasing levels of youth unemployment, and emerging social problems have raised questions about the extent of poverty and hardship. In order to bring these issues into sharper focus and to raise awareness of them, the ADB, SPC's major partner in the Regional Pacific Programme, sponsored country poverty assessments that quantified key poverty indicators in nine countries and conducted participatory assessments of hardship (PAH) among communities, villages, and individuals in eight.
The PAH sought the perceptions of the people, particularly poor people, on what poverty and hardship meant for them in their daily lives, including details of the extent and nature, primary causes of hardship, and their priorities for alleviation initiatives. At the same time, ADB conducted a parallel exercise to assess national development strategies and policies and their impact on poverty and hardship.
For further information, please contact:
David has more than 25 years of experience working in the region and has been responsible for the preparation of eight of the country poverty assessments.
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