The Sociology professor, Marcelo Sánchez-Oro believes that the current statistics by the Commission of the Assembly of Extremadura do not reflect the reality of Extremadura. The professor has criticised the future Plan of Statistics analysed by the Commission, which draws a correlation between rurality and poverty, while ignoring factors such as the level of healthcare, education or the retail price index, and adds that aspects such as reliance and happiness should also be taken into account.
In this context, the dean of the Faculty of Economics Julián Ramajo has called for the new law to include an annual study on the macroeconomic forecasts for the region.