An independent nationwide survey of Solomon Islanders has revealed overwhelming support for the regional assistance mission, RAMSI, and its presence in the country.

The survey was carried out by the Australian National University, with over 5,000 Solomon Islanders taking part.An independent nationwide survey of Solomon Islanders has revealed overwhelming support for the Regional Assistance Mission, RAMSI, and its presence in the country. The survey was carried out by the Australian National University, with over 5,000 Solomon Islanders taking part. The findings have been released as the Solomon Islands government begins a review of the Facilitation Act allowing RAMSI's presence.

The People’s Survey was conceived as one of the components of the RAMSI Performance Framework that would provide indicators for measuring country-level and program-level objectives and outcomes (RAMSI, 2005). It was envisaged that the survey would be conducted annually, and would be a voluntary questionnaire-based representative sample survey of a cross-section of the Solomon Islands population, taking into account age, education, gender, income level and geographic location.

The survey was conducted by the Australian National University for RAMSI.