Chile : Towards Equality of Opportunity, 2006-2010
This package of policy papers aims to provide the Government with new analytical findings, international experiences, as well as a number of options which might be of interest in the deliberations of policy actions that could improve equalities of...
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Format: | Policy Note |
Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2014
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/07/6977439/chile-towards-equality-opportunity-2006-2010-policy-notes http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19251 |
Summary: | This package of policy papers aims to
provide the Government with new analytical findings,
international experiences, as well as a number of options
which might be of interest in the deliberations of policy
actions that could improve equalities of opportunity in
Chilean society. The package includes a Development Policy
Review which examines policy options that could help Chile
to achieve the twin goals of fast and equitable growth. The
Development Policy Review focuses on social protection,
education, innovation, private sector development, and the
financing of development policies. Further, the package
includes five specific Policy Notes which provide additional
in-depth discussions on a number of selected topics, all of
them important to improving equalities of opportunity in the
country. These specific topics had been suggested to us by a
number of senior Chilean policy makers over the past months
as being of potential interest for the incoming Chilean
Government. This presentation of World Bank documents shows,
in the second section, some dimensions of inequalities of
opportunity in Chile today. The third section summarizes the
main messages of the Development Policy Review and the
specific Policy Notes in four broad areas of pro-equity
policies: strengthening and protecting human capacities;
ensuring access to infrastructure services and equitable
regional development opportunities; strengthening markets,
protecting people against macro-economic shocks and
fostering innovation-led growth; and financing pro-equity
development policies. Finally, the last section presents the
results of some quantifications as to what the results of a
number of pro-equity policies could be on growth, poverty,
and income inequality. |
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