Nota de disertación: TABLA DE CONTENIDO: V. 1. Main report: Executive summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Poverty trends and determinants: 1987-98 -- 3. Trends in inequality and the impact of social expenditures -- 4. Employment, unemployment and special programs of assistance -- 5. Indigenous people, social exclusion and poverty -- 6. Conclusions -- V. 2. Background papers: 1. Updated income distribution and poverty measures for Chile: 1987-98 by Julie Litchfield -- 2. The distributional impact of social expenditure: Chile 1990-98 by David Bravo, Dante Contreras, and Isabel Millán -- 3. Incorporating social services in the measurement of povert by Osvaldo Larrañaga -- 4. The targeting of government programs in Chile: a quantitative and qualitative assessment by Carine Clert and Quentin Wodon -- 5. Government programs for the insertion of youths and women in Chile's labor market by Rodrigo Castro-Fernandez, Carine Clert and Quentin Wodon -- 6. Protecting the unemployed in Chile: from state assistance to individual insurance by Rodrigo Castro-Fernandez and Quentin Wodon -- 7. Indigenous peoples in Chile: current situation and policy issues by Estanislao Gracitua-Mario.=502