Abstract:“Chile has a long history of implementing social policies. It was one of the first countries in Latin America to expand free health care coverage and education, incorporating cash and in-kind transfers to promote access to social services and offer diverse protection mechanisms for its most vulnerable population groups. That said, its current social protection model is the result of a series of efforts, institutions and policies that have been consolidated over time.”(…)

Keywords:Social Protection Systems, Latin America, the Caribbean, Chile

Publication Date:06 March 2015

Type/Issue:One Pager/279

ISSN:2318-9118