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Subject matter
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Resources Access
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LINE 1
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POPULATION
Roma population size and structure is an essential statistics for quantifying resource needs. This line is dedicated to the quantification of Roma numbers and dentifying critical structural elements
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LINE 2
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REAL INCOMES
Real income levels should be the determinants of access to a healthy diet, to health care and education. This line is dedicated to the quantification of the real income levels of the Roma with attention being paid to exclusion impacts.
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LINE 3
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LANGUAGE
Most Roma speak the mainstream language but the Romani language is sometimes raised by some as a "problem" for the Roma vis-a-vis society in general. This line identifies languages and quantifies their quantitative significance.
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LINE 4
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INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION
Basic preparatory education for the Roma is either non-existent or deficient. This line identifies needs , reviews options and identifies solutions.
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LINE 5
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INVESTMENT IN TRAINING
Training often denied because deficient basic school provisions deny required "qualifications". This line identifies and quantifies training deficit impacts across the Roma population (youth and mature population, men and women) and proposes solutions.
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LINE 6
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INVESTMENT FOR INCOME GENERATION
Training can be geared to labour market demands for employees. However, many Roma prefer an "independent" existence as providers of services or producers of products involving family units. This line explores and ways and means of making technical and financial resources available to Roma who want to develop their own businesses.
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LINE 7
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MICRO-ECONOMICS
Roma who wish to develop their own businesses face serious hurdles related to racism and practical exclusion from product input markets as well as markets for their output. This line explores the practical constraints and identifies solutions.
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LINE 8
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MACRO-ECONOMICS
Failing to assist the Roma develop comes at an unacceptable cost to the national economies. Promoting Roma development and inclusion can generate significant economic benefits. This line quantities the costs and benefits to national economies of proactive policies for Roma development.
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LINE 9
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EUROPEAN UNION
By aggregating the national economic dimensions of the outcomes of Lines 1 through 7 it is possible to map out costs and benefits of Romani development to Europe. This line quantifies policy options and benefits of Roma development. This is of importance to aximising the possible contributions of the EU budget to the Romani development process.
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