Hungary - Measuring inclusive growth for enhanced development impact (English)

The objective of this paper is to develop a way to monitor and track progress on social inclusion of vulnerable groups in Hungary, particularly among marginalized Roma communities. This approach will enable stakeholders to track the status of social inclusion... See More + The objective of this paper is to develop a way to monitor and track progress on social inclusion of vulnerable groups in Hungary, particularly among marginalized Roma communities. This approach will enable stakeholders to track the status of social inclusion at the sub-regional level, and can serve as a feedback mechanism on whether projects cosponsored by the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) are sufficiently targeted to disadvantaged areas. The second part of this report takes stock of different exercises undertaken with Hungarian data to map, target, track, and monitor some aspects of social exclusion at different levels of disaggregation. The report then examines what has been done in international practice in terms of selecting and collecting indicators that measure social inclusion. This part relies heavily on Labonte et al. (2011), who conducted a meta-analysis of such attempts in the United Kingdom, France, Australia, and across Europe. These examples from around the world focused primarily on collecting indicators of social exclusion at the national level, and not at a highly disaggregated subnational level (which is the objective of this exercise). In addition, international attempts to measure progress toward social inclusion did not attempt to track progress on a regular basis, be it annually or even every few years. Finally, the report describes the method and process of indicator selection for Hungary. We also identify gaps and articulate remaining research needs. The concluding section summarizes the dilemmas associated with dynamically measuring social change in the Hungarian context, and proposes development project parameters that should be continuously followed in order to enable tracking and (limited) monitoring.  See Less -

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