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Book Chapter
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From the book:
Growth, Employment, and Poverty in Latin America
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– Chile country study
During the 2000s Chile achieved rapid economic growth and improved most labour market indicators: the unemployment rate fell; the mix of employment by occupational position and sector improved; the educational level of the employed population, the percentage of registered workers, and labour...
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Andrés Solimano Chile underwent a free market revolution initiated by the Pinochet regime in the 1970s and 1980s. A very similar model, with some amendments, was followed after the restoration of democracy in the 1990s and 2000s by the social democratic governments. This economic revolution released...
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– Assessing the Consequences of Allocation and Regulation Policy in Santiago de Chile’s Ferias Libres
From the book:
Latin American Urban Development into the 21st Century
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– The Case of Ferias Libres in Santiago de Chile
Unlike in most Latin American cities, street vendors organized in farmers’ markets popularly known as ferias libres in Santiago de Chile, gained legal recognition early in the twentieth century. Since then, comunas, or local municipalities, have provided vendors with individual licenses that...
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– Achievements, Failures and Dilemmas
The Chilean development story of the last two to three decades is a mix of successes in the macro, growth, poverty and trade fronts but also of failure in reducing chronic inequality of income and wealth. In addition, the current growth patterns have serious impacts on the environment, natural...
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