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Making Pacific Migration Work Conference


New Zealand introduced the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) policy in 2007. The RSE scheme has proven popular, with some 8,000 Pacific Islanders working in New Zealand under the scheme in 2009. Findings from the evaluation of the implementation of the RSE policy were presented at the Making Pacific Migration Work conference hosted by the Development Policy Centre, ANU on 3 April 2012. Presentations can be downloaded here.

How to tell stories with statistics

Every now and then you come across people who are natural story tellers. Here’s a person (Hans Rosling) who can tell amazing ‘statistics’ stories with graphics:  http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html.