policy reforms in five countries: Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico and Uruguay. By using micro data from national surveys …

deficits, but by 2011 had come to feel constrained by inherited debt to withdraw fiscal stimulus. Chile has achieved … so. Chile has a rule that targets a structural budget balance. But rules are not credible by themselves. In Europe and … the U.S., official forecasts are overly optimistic in booms; so revenue is spent rather than saved. Chile avoids such …

This paper has sought to establish and describe the manner in which Chile has addressed the problem of social … arrive. Intervention that has become effective from Chile Solidario program …

, Brasil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia y Perú. …

, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. We simulate the poverty impact of changes in growth rates and redistributive policies, and … and Uruguay. The required growth rate could be significantly lower if some modest well-targeted redistribution could be … performed. In contrast to its neighbors, Chile has already achieved the poverty MDG. …

in five Southern Cone countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. …

, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. We simulate the poverty impact of changes in growth rates and redistributive policies, and … and Uruguay. The required growth rate could be significantly lower if some modest well-targeted redistribution could be … performed. In contrast to its neighbors, Chile has already achieved the poverty MDG. …