Breaking the Cycle of Roma Exclusion in the Western Balkans

The Roma are the largest ethnic minority in Europe, as well as one of the most deprived and socially excluded groups. Because of the lack of high-quality data, research on Roma inclusion to inform evidence-based policies is scarce, and accurate dat...

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Main Authors: Robayo-Abril, Monica, Millan, Natalia
Format: Other Social Protection Study
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/642861552321695392/Breaking-the-Cycle-of-Roma-Exclusion-in-the-Western-Balkans
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spelling okr-10986-313932021-06-14T10:04:51Z Breaking the Cycle of Roma Exclusion in the Western Balkans Robayo-Abril, Monica Millan, Natalia SOCIAL INCLUSION LABOR POLICY HOUSING EDUCATION ACCESS TO SERVICES GENDER DISCRIMINATION INEQUALITY POVERTY LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION UNEMPLOYMENT COMPLETION RATE The Roma are the largest ethnic minority in Europe, as well as one of the most deprived and socially excluded groups. Because of the lack of high-quality data, research on Roma inclusion to inform evidence-based policies is scarce, and accurate data on programs implemented in the Western Balkans are needed. This report aims to fill this knowledge gap and inform policy making by relying on data from the 2011 and 2017 rounds of the Regional Roma Survey (RRS), the most comprehensive survey to date on living conditions and human development outcomes among marginalized Roma households in the Western Balkans, as well as non-Roma neighboring households. The results show that marginalized Roma in the Western Balkans do not have the endowments and assets they need nor the ability to use the assets they have efficiently and intensively to generate economic gains and climb the socioeconomic ladder. Gaps with respect to non-Roma neighbors are especially wide in education and labor markets, and, in general, there is generally little improvement between the two survey years in access to services and economic opportunities. The report provides policy directions, highlighting gender and discrimination as cross-cutting policy areas. It also suggests a pragmatic approach towards generating evidence-based policies through better monitoring and evaluation and collection of ethnically-disaggregated administrative data. Finally, a comprehensive and integrated lifecycle approach is also encouraged. 2019-03-14T19:09:32Z 2019-03-14T19:09:32Z 2019-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/642861552321695392/Breaking-the-Cycle-of-Roma-Exclusion-in-the-Western-Balkans http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31393 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Social Protection Study Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Eastern Europe
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topic SOCIAL INCLUSION
LABOR POLICY
HOUSING
EDUCATION
ACCESS TO SERVICES
GENDER
DISCRIMINATION
INEQUALITY
POVERTY
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPLETION RATE
spellingShingle SOCIAL INCLUSION
LABOR POLICY
HOUSING
EDUCATION
ACCESS TO SERVICES
GENDER
DISCRIMINATION
INEQUALITY
POVERTY
LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPLETION RATE
Robayo-Abril, Monica
Millan, Natalia
Breaking the Cycle of Roma Exclusion in the Western Balkans
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Eastern Europe
description The Roma are the largest ethnic minority in Europe, as well as one of the most deprived and socially excluded groups. Because of the lack of high-quality data, research on Roma inclusion to inform evidence-based policies is scarce, and accurate data on programs implemented in the Western Balkans are needed. This report aims to fill this knowledge gap and inform policy making by relying on data from the 2011 and 2017 rounds of the Regional Roma Survey (RRS), the most comprehensive survey to date on living conditions and human development outcomes among marginalized Roma households in the Western Balkans, as well as non-Roma neighboring households. The results show that marginalized Roma in the Western Balkans do not have the endowments and assets they need nor the ability to use the assets they have efficiently and intensively to generate economic gains and climb the socioeconomic ladder. Gaps with respect to non-Roma neighbors are especially wide in education and labor markets, and, in general, there is generally little improvement between the two survey years in access to services and economic opportunities. The report provides policy directions, highlighting gender and discrimination as cross-cutting policy areas. It also suggests a pragmatic approach towards generating evidence-based policies through better monitoring and evaluation and collection of ethnically-disaggregated administrative data. Finally, a comprehensive and integrated lifecycle approach is also encouraged.
format Economic & Sector Work :: Other Social Protection Study
author Robayo-Abril, Monica
Millan, Natalia
author_facet Robayo-Abril, Monica
Millan, Natalia
author_sort Robayo-Abril, Monica
title Breaking the Cycle of Roma Exclusion in the Western Balkans
title_short Breaking the Cycle of Roma Exclusion in the Western Balkans
title_full Breaking the Cycle of Roma Exclusion in the Western Balkans
title_fullStr Breaking the Cycle of Roma Exclusion in the Western Balkans
title_full_unstemmed Breaking the Cycle of Roma Exclusion in the Western Balkans
title_sort breaking the cycle of roma exclusion in the western balkans
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/642861552321695392/Breaking-the-Cycle-of-Roma-Exclusion-in-the-Western-Balkans
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