Gender, Institutions, and Change in Bachelet’s Chile


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Michele Bachelet, Chile's first female president, was elected with an explicit gender agenda in 2006 and then reelected in 2013. This volume focuses on Bachelet's efforts to introduce progressive measures and the constraints that she has faced in a context where both formal and informal political institutions can act as barriers to change.




Reforma a los sistemas de pensiones y desafíos de la dimensión de género


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La reforma estructural a los sistemas de pensiones ha sido tal vez el proceso de cambio más profundo e importante entre las políticas sociales implementadas en América Latina en los 90s. Los impactos sociales de dichas reformas se han analizado, sin embargo principalmente en los efectos económicos y financieros de dichas reformas. Este trabajo pretende explorar la dimensión de género y la protección social de las mujeres en la implementación de reformas a los sistemas de pensiones. Este tema ha estado generalmente ausente de los análisis de política de los gobiernos, de centros académicos y de organismos internacionales, asumiéndose implícitamente que dichas reformas son neutrales en cuanto a género.







Demographic Models for Projections of Social Sector Demand


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This paper presents three demographic models useful for projections of social sector demand. The first model is a probabilistic national population forecast. The second model forecasts the population by age and educational level using data from a single census while the third model examines the effects of changes in population age structure on social sector demand. Publishing Agency: United Nations (UN).




Gender and the Politics of Gradual Change


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This book explores recent social policy reforms and innovations in Chile. Focusing on four major reform episodes — health, pensions, childcare, and maternity leave — Silke Staab unveils the complex interplay of factors that have shaped the successes and failures of actors pursuing positive gender change in social policy. She shows that even in highly constrained settings positive gender change is possible, but that its scope and quality are bound to vary in response to sector-specific institutional constraints and opportunities.













From Hard-peg to Hard Landing?


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About exchange rate regimes