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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…