ahumada 48 – 7° piso / teléfono : (56 -2) 675 14 00 santiago de chile
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Ahumada 48 – 7° piso / Teléfono : (56 -2) 675 14 00 SANTIAGO DE CHILE
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CHILE’S NATIONAL
VOLUNTARY PRESENTATION
Mrs. Paula Quintana MeléndezMinister of Planning
ECOSOC, Nueva York, 2 July 2008
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
• Economic Development
• Social Development
• Democracy
In accordance with the Millennium Development Goals.
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.
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 (%)
3.2
10.5
4.75.65.65.77.69.0
13.0
14.014.616.1
17.5
20.0
23.9
25.6
1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2003 2006
Poor
Extreme Poor
38.6
32.9
27.6
23.221.7 20.2
18.7
13.7
QUALITY OF LIFE AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION
Sustained reduction in infant mortality rate
Infant Mortality Rate(children under the age of 1)
7.98.9
11.1
16.0
1990 1995 2000 2005
REORIENTATION OF SOCIAL POLICY
•From assistance policy to a rights focus
•Identifying major vulnerabilities
•Creation of the Chile Solidario Social Protection System, oriented to families in extreme poverty (since 2002)
Today’s Task…
• 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.
LAUNCHING A SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEM…
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
CHALLENGES
Reduce inequities…
• In income distribution
• In gender: labor market and political participation
• In the quality of education
Thank you very much…