Overcoming poverty in Chile during the first year of the Sebastián Piñera government
Authors
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Jaime Ruiz-Tagle V.
Departamento de Economía y Centro de Microdatos, Universdiad de Chile
Abstract
first year of the Sebastian Piñera government are analyzed. It is argued that the former government implemented a series of welfare-type social policies focused on reducing extreme poverty, while the current government took on this long term strategy without seeming to engage in discussions about new poverty-reduction policies. Indeed, President Piñera has hinted at deepening the welfare-type nature of poverty reduction, while improving on specific aspects deemed unsatisfactory.
Keywords:
poverty, social planning, public policy, Chile