Diagnostics and Policy Advice on the Integration of Roma in the Slovak Republic

This report is meant to support the Slovak Government in its efforts to address the exclusion of the Roma by offering evidence-based policy advice. The assessment relies on three main sources of information. First, it takes advantage of the 2011 Un...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Social Protection Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGE GROUP BANKING SERVICES BASIC EDUCATION BASIC NEEDS CAPACITY BUILDING CHILD CARE CITIZENS COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN CORPORATE TAX CORPORATE TAXES COUNSELING DEBTS DEMOGRAPHIC DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION DISEASES DOWNWARD BIAS DRINKING WATER EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC COSTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ECONOMICS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT CREATION EMPLOYMENT HISTORIES EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT RATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICES EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EXPENDITURES FAMILIES FAMILY SIZE FAMILY SIZES FEMALE EDUCATION FERTILITY FINANCIAL BENEFITS FINANCIAL SUPPORT GENDER GAP GENDER INEQUALITIES GENDER INEQUALITY GENERATION OF CHILDREN GLOBAL POVERTY GOVERNMENT BONDS GROWTH RATES HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH IMPACTS HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICIES HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPECIALIST HEALTH WORKERS HOSPITALISATION HOSPITALIZATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RIGHTS HYGIENE ILLNESS IMPACT EVALUATIONS INCOME INCOME TAX INCOME TAXES INCOMES INFANT INFANT DEATHS INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS INSURANCE INTEGRATION INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION JOBS JUDICIAL SYSTEM LABOR COMPENSATION LABOR COSTS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKETS LABOR SHARE LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LAW ENFORCEMENT LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL LABOR MARKETS LOW EMPLOYMENT MALE WORKER MARKET CONDITIONS MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS MINORITY MOBILE PHONE MORTGAGES MULTIPLIER EFFECT NATIONAL STRATEGY NEWBORN NEWBORN CHILD NUTRITION OCCUPATION OPEN SOCIETY OUTPATIENT SERVICES OUTPUT OUTPUT GAP PENSION PENSIONS POLICY FORMULATION POLICY FRAMEWORK POOR HEALTH POPULATION AGE STRUCTURE POPULATION DYNAMICS POPULATION GROWTH POWER PARITY PREGNANCY PRESENT VALUE PROBABILITY PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS PROGRESS PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY QUALITATIVE INFORMATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION REGIONAL POLICY REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE RESPECT RETIREMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT SANITATION SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL YEARS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS SEX SKILLED LABOR SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL INCLUSION SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WORKERS TAX TAX RATES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TERTIARY EDUCATION TRACK RECORD TRAINING COURSES UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABLE GROUPS WAGE LEVELS WAGES WOMAN WORK EXPERIENCE WORKER
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/09/16791578/diagnostics-policy-advice-integration-roma-slovak-republic-vol-1-2-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16804

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Summary:	This report is meant to support the Slovak Government in its efforts to address the exclusion of the Roma by offering evidence-based policy advice. The assessment relies on three main sources of information. First, it takes advantage of the 2011 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/World Bank/EC regional Roma survey, described, which is the most comprehensive survey effort to date to capture the situation of marginalized Roma in Central and Eastern Europe. It also includes information from the 2010 survey by UNDP, done specifically on Slovak Roma at the request of the ministry of labor, social affairs, and family. The results on comparable indicators from both surveys are very similar. Second, this report relies on qualitative information, collected through field visits in Eastern Slovakia and through interviews with key stakeholders from the Slovak Government and from civil society. And third, each of the chapters highlights relevant international experiences from which Slovak policy formulation on Roma integration can benefit. Many of the international examples and best practices from integrating poor and marginalized communities elsewhere provide reasons to be optimistic that Roma integration does not have to be a distant goal for Slovakia. The remainder of this report provides an overview of the assessment of the situation in five sectors and in two cross-cutting areas, followed by specific policy recommendations in each. These five sectors are: (1) employment and social protection, (2) financial inclusion, (3) education, (4) housing, and (5) health, while the cross-cutting areas are (6) monitoring and evaluation, and (7) use of EU financing instruments. One critical area beyond the scope of this report is the ability of the Slovak legal and judicial system to successfully protect the rights of all citizens, including the courts, issues of legal aid, as well as law enforcement issues. Recently, a much discussed court ruling in Eastern Slovakia held school segregation as illegal. More of such cases may emerge, especially in light of the 2007 ruling against school segregation by the European Court of Human Rights in Strassbourg. While important, these are all beyond the scope of this report.

Diagnostics and Policy Advice on the Integration of Roma in the Slovak Republic

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