'No Data-No Progress'. Five years into the Decade of Roma Inclusion - high time for governments to get serious about data collection

In June 2010 the Roma Information Office of the Open Society Institute published a new report confirming the long-held assertion that the lack of disaggregated data is a major barrier to progress and weakens the impact of policies to promote equality and nondiscrimination.

The midpoint of the Decade of Roma Inclusion is an obvious time for governments to assess how far they have come in honoring their pledge to eliminate discrimination and close the unacceptable gaps between Roma and non-Roma, it is time "to demonstrate progress by measuring outcomes and reviewing experiences in the implementations of the Decade’s Action Plans," as called for in the Terms of Reference for the Decade. The new report No Data—No Progress confirms the long-held assertion that the lack of disaggregated data is a major barrier to progress and weakens the impact of policies to promote equality and nondiscrimination. Such failures can result in actually worsening the situation for the impoverished, the marginalized and the disenfranchised.

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Source: Open Society Institute, Roma Initiatives Office