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Chile: has social security privatisation fostered economic development?
Author(s) -
Borzutzky Silvia
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of social welfare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1468-2397
pISSN - 1369-6866
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2397.t01-1-00186
Subject(s) - social security , argument (complex analysis) , economic growth , economic security , social economy , population , development economics , social change , economic system , economics , political science , sociology , market economy , biochemistry , chemistry , demography
The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical analysis of the impact of the privatisation of social security on Chile's economy and society. The paper also includes a brief discussion of Chile's current economic problems, and suggestions for integrating the social security system into the future development of the country. Its central argument is that social security should be able to provide adequate benefits not only to a privileged group of people, but to the entire society. In the case of Chile, the privatised system has created new sources of inequities, reduced the population coverage, and it has had a limited impact on economic development.