“The highest responsibility of any government is to ensure the safety and well-being of the people,”  Minister Skelton said.

1. the Survey of Living Conditions and Household Budget Survey which will be conducted by the Central Statistics Office and will cover 1000 randomly selected households;
2. a Participatory Poverty Assessment which will be conducted in four communities and will be coordinated by the Social Development Department;
3. a Macro Social and Economic Assessment led by the Ministry of Finance, which involves the collection and analysis of secondary data in order to examine key political, economic and social trends; and
4. an Institutional Assessment covering a range of government institutions and civil society organisations that provide services which are designed to improve living conditions.