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Ahumada 48 7 piso / Teléfono (56 -2) 675 14
00 SANTIAGO DE CHILE www.mideplan.cl
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CHILES NATIONAL VOLUNTARY PRESENTATION
Mrs. Paula Quintana MeléndezMinister of
Planning ECOSOC, Nueva York, 2 July 2008
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DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

• Economic Development
• Social Development
• Democracy
• In accordance with the Millennium Development
  Goals.

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• Between 1999 and 2007
• The economy grew at an average annual rate of
  5.4.
• Today, 2 out of every 3 dollars of public
  spending is designated to social investment.

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OVERCOMING POVERTY
During the democratic period poverty has been
reduced to almost a third and extreme poverty to
less than a fourth
Evolution of Poverty and Extreme Poverty 1990 -
2006 ()
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QUALITY OF LIFE AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION
Sustained reduction in infant mortality rate
Infant Mortality Rate(children under the age of
1)
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REORIENTATION OF SOCIAL POLICY

• From assistance policy to a rights focus
• Identifying major vulnerabilities

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• Creation of the Chile Solidario Social Protection
  System, oriented to families in extreme poverty
  (since 2002)

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Todays Task
LAUNCHING A SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEM

• With a focus on rights guaranteed and
  demandable.
• Assists throughout the life cycle from gestation
  to old age.
• We have moved on from goals of quantity to those
  of quality.

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MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEM

• Integral Protection to Early Childhood Chile
  Crece Contigo
• Reform to the Pension System
• Reforms in the Health System
• Chile Solidario System

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CHALLENGES

• Reduce inequities
• In income distribution
• In gender labor market and political
  participation
• In the quality of education

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Thank you very much