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Household Risk Management and Social Protection in Chile.

"This report examines whether Chile has a social protection "system"--Broadly defined to include policy interventions, public institutions, and the regulation of private institutions that lower the welfare costs of adverse shocks to income from job loss and extended unemployment, heal...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Bank
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : World Bank, ©2005.
Colección:World Bank country study.
World Bank e-Library.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Trends in poverty and inequality, risk indicators and the reach of Chile's social protection system
  • 2. A conceptual framework for analyzing risks to income
  • 3. Prudent fiscal management as social protection policy
  • 4. Mitigating the risk of poverty from job loss
  • 5. The risk of poverty from health shocks
  • 6. The risk of poverty due to loss of earnings ability in old age
  • 7. "Residual" or structural poverty
  • 8. Increasing the effectiveness of Chile's social protection system
  • 9. Conclusions and recommendations for reform of social protection in Chile.