E/C.12/PRT/CO/4 adequate financial resources, with a view to increasing the social housing stock in order to meet demand. In that respect, the Committee draws the State party’s attention to its general comments No. 4 (1991) on the right to adequate housing and No. 7 (1997) on forced evictions. Early school leaving 17. The Committee, while acknowledging the progress made by the State party in decreasing the early school leaving (dropout) rate from 43.6 per cent in 2000 to 18.9 per cent in 2013, remains concerned that this rate is still high (arts. 13 and 14). The Committee recommends that the State party take all necessary measures to reduce further the early school leaving (dropout) rate, including by (a) addressing the factors that lead to early school leaving, in particular socioeconomic factors that put at risk the most disadvantaged and marginalized children; (b) raising awareness of the importance of education and training as a tool towards reducing the future risk of unemployment, poverty and social exclusion; and (c) providing comprehensive support for children at risk of leaving school early and adequate opportunities for education and training tailored to their specific needs. Education for Roma 18. The Committee expresses concern at the low level of education of Roma, as reflected by the poor school enrolment of Roma (arts. 13 and 14). The Committee recommends that the State party redouble its efforts to address the insufficient level of education of Roma and take urgent measures to increase attendance rates of Roma students and their retention in school by, inter alia, providing sufficient financial support to cover education-related expenses and raising awareness of the importance of education among Roma families. D. Other recommendations 19. The Committee, while acknowledging the contribution of the State party to official development assistance, encourages the State party to gradually increase that assistance, with a view to achieving the international commitment of 0.7 per cent of its gross national product and to pursue a human rights-based approach in its development cooperation policy, while fully incorporating the rights contained in the Covenant. 20. The Committee recommends that all future national plans, programmes and strategies that address a wide range of economic, social and cultural rights provide for built-in monitoring and assessment mechanisms, with a view to ensuring that interim results are available at any stage of their implementation in practice, and that such plans, programmes and strategies are adjusted accordingly when the measures taken do not bring about the expected positive impact. 21. The Committee welcomes the development and application of indicators on the implementation of human rights, including economic, social and cultural rights, and in that context takes note of the State party’s statement that it had benefited from the conceptual and methodological framework on human rights indicators developed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (HRI/MC/2008/3). The Committee encourages the State party to continue its work on developing indicators for economic, social and cultural rights. 7