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  • © Sebastián Piñera

    A 21st century revolution

    Chile and Latin America are at a historic crossroads. For Chile’s president, Sebastián Piñera, today’s new revolution in knowledge, technology and information will benefit only those countries that embrace it, but could be cruel to those who let it pass them by.

    (926 words)
  • Chile: Tackling social changes

    When Chile became the first South American country to join the OECD in 2010, the event was greeted as a seal on years of progress, not to mention hard work. Still, challenges remain, including in the fight against poverty, as Minister of Planning Felipe Kast explains in this interview with the OECD Observer.

    (462 words)
  • Interview Chile’s economy

    Chile has become the 31st member of the OECD this May and the first from South America. The country joins the organisation during a time of uncertainty both globally and at home, as the shock of February’s tragic earthquake still reverberates. Chile’s finance minister, Felipe Larraín, shares some thoughts on that disaster and the country’s recovery programme

    (709 words)
  • Michelle Bachelet, president of Chile, greets Angel Gurría, secretary-general of the OECD Alex Ibanez/OECD

    Chile’s accession to the OECD

    Chile is set to become the OECD’s 31st member country. It is a momentous occasion, as captured in the following extracts from speeches by President Michelle Bachelet of Chile and by OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría, following the signing of the agreement on the terms of accession by the Republic of Chile to the OECD Convention, delivered in Santiago, Chile, 11 January 2010.

    (706 words)
  • President Bachelet is welcomed by OECD Secretary General Gurría ©OECD

    Chile at the OECD

    Address by the President of Chile, Ms. Michelle Bachelet, to the Council of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developpement (OECD), Paris, May, 28th

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  • Chile: Still a Latin tiger?

    Chile has elected its first female president, in Michelle Bachelet. As head of the left-leaning coalition which has led Chile since the country’s return to democracy in 1990, the new leader has promised continuity, though with a promise of more jobs and social justice. Tackling these issues could indeed make a difference, even if the economy has fared relatively well, as our OECD experts explain.

    (1143 words)
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