Household Risk Management and Social Protection in Chile

Abstract

World Bank Country Studies are among the many reports originally prepared for internal use as part of the continuing analysis by the Bank of the economic and related conditions of its developing member countries and to facilitate its dialogues with the governments. Some of the reports are published in this series with the least possible delay for the use of governments, and the academic, business, financial, and development communities. The manuscript of this paper therefore has not been prepared in accordance with the procedures appropriate to formally-edited texts. Some sources cited in this paper may be informal documents that are not readily available. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on any map in this work do not imply on the part of the World Bank any judgment of the legal status of any territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries.

Measuring chronic multidimensional poverty

“…In early 2002, a programme called "Chile Solidario" concluded a contract between families and the State. Families committed to meet 53 minimum conditions to overcome extreme poverty and the State was to provide "psychosocial support, protection bonds, guaranteed cash subsidies, and preferential access to skill development, work and social security programmes" (Packard, 2004;Palma and Urzua, 2005). Implicitly, poverty alleviation policies were linked to multidimensional strategies of poverty identification and intervention.…”