Being Fair, Faring Better : Promoting Equality of Opportunity for Marginalized Roma.

Front Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Part 1 A Fair Chance for Roma Children -- Overview -- Introduction -- Pathways to Equality of Opportunity for Marginalized Roma -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 1 Being Fair, Faring Better: Promoting Equality of Opportunity for Marginalized Roma -- Summary -- Equality of Opportunity: A Fair Start for Marginalized Roma Children -- Unequal Circumstances and Unfair Opportunities -- Other Mechanisms That Contribute to Unequal Outcomes -- Pathways to Promoting Equal Opportunities for Roma Children -- Annex 1A: Spotlight on the Human Opportunity Index -- Annex 1B: Additional Tables -- Notes -- References -- Part 2 Equality of Opportunity in Education, Labor Markets, and Living Conditions -- Chapter 2 Equality of Opportunity for Marginalized Roma Children: Starting Right -- Summary -- Education, the Key Driver of Development -- Early Investments Produce the Highest Returns -- Directions for Policy -- Attending and Finishing School Is Critical for Roma Pupils -- University Degree: A Pathway to Equal Access to Labor Markets -- The Path Ahead -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Accessing Productive Employment -- Summary -- Jobs Are More Than Just Earnings -- Barriers to Employment: Participation and Employability -- Focusing on Hard-to-Place Job Seekers: Challenges Facing the Active Labor Market Programs and the Public Employment Services Centers -- Directions for Policy -- Annex 3A: Spotlight on Chile Solidario as an Example of an Integrated Approach -- Annex 3B: Employment Data Regression Tables -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Improving Living Conditions to Grow, Learn, Participate, and Earn -- Summary -- Adequate Living Conditions Matter for Equality of Opportunity -- Dealing with the Heterogeneity of Roma Communities and Needs.

Enabling Factors of Successful Interventions -- Options for Sustainable and Effective Interventions -- Conclusions -- Annex 4A: Spotlight on Territorial Targeting -- Notes -- References -- Part 3 Implementing Policy Responses -- Chapter 5 Implementation Challenges and the Road Ahead -- Summary -- An Integrated Life Cycle Approach -- What Does It Take? -- The Role of Data: Debunking Myths and Making the Most of European Union Funds -- Addressing Discrimination and Negative Stereotyping -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Boxes -- Box 1.1 Equality of Opportunity -- Box 1.2 Did Poverty among Roma Increase over Time? -- Box 1.3 The Internalization of Exclusion Debate -- Box 1.4 The Role of Social and Gender Norms: A Case Study from Bulgaria -- Box 1.5 Equality of Opportunity and the Smart Economics Framework -- Box 1.6 The Role of Family Background for Equal Educational Opportunity -- Box 1A.1 The Human Opportunity Index -- Box 1A.2 Data Used to Estimate the Human Opportunity Index for Romania -- Box 2.1 Barvalipe-Building Roma Pride -- Box 2.2 Biztos Kezdet: Hungary's Success with a Variation on the United Kingdom's Sure Start Program -- Box 2.3 A Good Start by the Roma Education Fund -- Box 2.4 Roma Mediators Help Link Roma Communities with the Romanian Education System -- Box 2.5 Subsidized School Dining in the Slovak Republic and the "Bread Roll and Milk" Program in Romania -- Box 2.6 Select Examples of Measures That Support Marginalized Roma Children in Primary Schools -- Box 2.7 Helping Disadvantaged Roma Children Complete Secondary Education -- Box 2.8 The Complex Instruction Program in Hungary -- Box 2.9 Developing a School Dropout Early Warning System-Lessons from Romania -- Box 2.10 Programs Supporting Roma Students in Tertiary Education -- Box 3.1 Lessons from a Qualitative Study in Bulgaria -- Box 3.2 Skills Developed over the Life Cycle.

Box 3.3 "If You Are a Roma, You Can't Find Work Anywhere!" -- Box 3.4 Low Wages Combined with Travel Costs Discourage Roma -- Box 3.5 Servicing the Geographically Excluded-Mobile Offices, Hungary -- Box 3.6 Bridging the Information Gap-US Steel, Slovak Republic -- Box 3.7 Kiútprogram ("Way Out Program"), Hungary -- Box 3.8 Public Employment Services Centers: Their Main Constraints in Reaching Out to Marginalized Roma -- Box 3.9 Reforming Atypical Contracts in the Slovak Republic -- Box 3.10 Making Work Pay for Vulnerable Roma -- Box 3.11 Job Seeker Profiling-Germany -- Box 3.12 Job Seeker Profiling and Individual Action Plans-The Slovak Republic -- Box 3.13 Integrating PES and Social Welfare-Spain, the United Kingdom, and Germany -- Box 3.14 Outsourcing Some Services for the Hardest to Place-The Netherlands -- Box 3.15 Public-Private Partnerships-The Dominican Republic -- Box 3.16 Evaluating Active Labor Market Program Measures-Hungary -- Box 4.1 Implications of Living Conditions for Health and Education Outcomes -- Box 4.2 Key Common Types of Disadvantaged and Marginalized Communities -- Box 4.3 Addressing the Potential Negative Effects of Gentrification-Magdolna Neighborhood Social Urban Rehabilitation Project, Hungary -- Box 4.4 Basic Urban Infrastructure Project with Public Safety Measures-Barrio Ciudad Urban Project, Honduras -- Box 4.5 Intervention for Increasing Connectivity-Integrated Urban Projects, Medellin, Colombia -- Box 4.6 Customized, Low-Cost Housing Solution-Quinta Monroy, Iquique, Chile -- Box 4.7 Helping People Adapt to a New Community-IRIS Subsidized Rental Housing Project, Spain -- Box 4.8 Ensuring Legal Entitlements through Adequate Registration and Documentation-CESAR Project, Romania.

Box 4.9 The Need for Local Community Leadership and Beneficiaries' Engagement-The Social Housing and Human Resources Development Projects in Bulgaria -- Box 4.10 Helping Communities Develop and Implement Local Interventions -- Box 4.11 The Relevance of Awareness-Raising Activities-Govanhill Service PUB Partnership Project in Glasgow, Scotland -- Box 4.12 Ensuring the Affordability of Improved Housing, Infrastructure, and Services-Flood Protection Project, Argentina -- Box 4.13 Technical and Financial Assistance to Improve or Expand Housing-Patrimonio Hoy Project, Mexico -- Box 4.14 Fostering Active Citizenship of Beneficiaries-Post-Accession Rural Support Project, Poland -- Box 4.15 Civil Registration Activity-Inner Cities Basic Services Project, Jamaica -- Box 5.1 UNICEF Project on Invisible Children in Romania -- Box 5.2 The EC Community-Led Local Development Approach -- Box 5.3 Designing and Implementing an Impact Evaluation -- Box 5.4 Participation and Empowerment -- Figures -- Figure O.1 Roma versus Non-Roma Distribution of Income for Families with Children (Ages 0-17), Romania and Bulgaria -- Figure O.2 Roma versus Non-Roma Rates of Preschool Enrollment (Ages 0-6) and Slum Habitation (Ages 0-17) -- Figure O.3 Employment Aspirations for Roma versus Non-Roma Men and Women -- Figure O.4 Index of Equality of Learning Opportunities in European and Central Asian Countries -- Figure O.5 Roma Still in School, by Age -- Figure O.6 Roma versus Non-Roma Employment Rates for Working-Age Men, Women, and Youth -- Figure O.7 Roma versus Non-Roma Skill Levels -- Figure O.8 Living Conditions of Roma and Non-Roma Neighbors -- Figure 1.1 Roma versus Non-Roma Rates of Child Hunger (Ages 0-6) and Preschool Enrollment (Ages 3-5) -- Figure 1.2 Influence of Early Life Circumstances on Equality of Opportunity for Roma Children.

Figure 1.3 Roma versus Non-Roma Family Distribution of Income for Children (Ages 0-17) across Income Deciles, Romania and Bulgaria -- Figure 1.4 Roma versus Non-Roma Children (Ages 0-14) at Risk of Poverty -- Figure 1.5 Roma versus Non-Roma Households with at Least One Child (Ages 0-6) Where at Least One Household Adult (Ages 25+) Has Completed Secondary Education -- Figure 1.6 Roma versus Non-Roma Rates of Preschool Enrollment for Children (Ages 3-5) and Slum Habitation for Children (Ages 0-17) -- Figure 1.7 Roma versus Non-Roma Employment Aspirations for Men and Women -- Figure 1.8 Similarity of Roma and Non-Roma Parental Goals for Their Male and Female Children to Complete Upper Secondary Education -- Figure 1.9 Roma Self-Reported Perception of Neighbor Ethnic Discrimination against Roma Population -- Figure 1.10 Roma Self-Reported Ethnic Discrimination during the Job Search Process -- Figure 1.11 Roma versus Non-Roma Distribution of Male and Female Population by Age, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania -- Figure 1.12 Operationalizing Equality of Opportunity for Roma Children and Addressing Mediating Factors for Future Outcomes -- Figure 1A.1 Coverage, Human Opportunity Index, and Dissimilarity Index for Water Supply Considering Various Sociodemographic Circumstances, Romania, 2001 and 2013 -- Figure 1A.2 Roma versus Non-Roma Human Opportunity Index, Coverage, and Dissimilarity Index for Water Supply, Computed Separately, Romania, 2001 and 2013 -- Figure 1A.3 Roma versus Non-Roma Distribution of Children by Quintile, Urbanicity, and Parental Education, Romania, 2013 -- Figure 2.1 Notable Facts about School Enrollment among Roma -- Figure 2.2 Roma and Non-Roma Gross Preschool Enrollment Rate for Boys and Girls (Ages 3-5) -- Figure 2.3 Roma versus Non-Roma Rate of Gross Enrollment in Compulsory Education for Boys and Girls (Ages 7-15).

Figure 2.4 Index of Equality of Learning Opportunities in European and Central Asian Countries.

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