Household risk management and social protection in Chile. 

 - xxi, 93 pages :  illustrations ;  26 cm. 
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<br/><br/>Abstract -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- 1. Trends in Poverty and Inequality, Risk Indicators and the Reach of Chile's Protection System -- 2. A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing Risks to Income -- 3. Prudent Fiscal Management as Social Protection Policiy -- 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 Earning 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 -- References 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0821359533 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public welfare--Chile<br/>Cost and standard of living--Chile
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Chile--Social policy
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HN293.5  / H68 2005