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STUDENT'S EMAIL: EIGondwe@FAS.Harvard.Edu or Ericsson@ILoveJesus.netINSTRUCTOR'S NAME: Professor Lal C. ChughINSTRUCTOR'S EMAIL: Chugh@FAS.Harvard.EduCOURSE: The International Economy & Business (CSS 324A) Case Study on Chile by Eric GondweThis article is a case study on Chile, country located in the southwestern area of the South American continent. South America is also known as Latin America. Chile is a republic bordered on north with Peru, on the east with Bolivia and Argentina. On the west and south is the Pacific Ocean.The case study focuses on the current economic environment of Chile. Due to the limited length of the article historic developments that the country has experienced to be where it is will largely be omitted.The first segment of the article covers the Chile's economic status in relation to other countries and to itself. A table has been generated to easily describe this. The second part is a prescription of how the economy can maximize it's output, especially it's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita.By South American standards Chile is a weal
2%Inflation Rate-consumer prices 4% 4% 8% 7%Unemployment rate 10% 25% 6% 5%Population Living Bellow Poverty Line 21% 18% 22% 20%Literacy Rate 96% 97% 86% 93%Newspaper Circulation 100 per 1,000 people 125 per 1,000 people 40 per 1,000 people 98 per 1,000 peopleTelevision Receivers 220 per 1,000 people 225 per 1,000 people 225 per 1,000 people 275 per 1,000 peopleInternet Hosts 34 per 10,000 people 47 per 10,000 people 39 per 10,000 people 51 per 10,000 peopleInfant Mortality 9 per 1,000 births 17 per 1,000 births 36 per 1,000 births 25 per 1,000 birthsPersons per Hospital Bed 370 310 325 910Persons per Physician 1,050 380 820 600Life Expectancy 77 years 76 64 73Electricity Consumption per Capita -Kilowatt Hours 2,400 2,160 2,100 1,700 Chile is essentially a free market economy and urban in nature. An important area to focus on in the future is the battle against poverty. The United States and Chile have also beein working on free trade agreements but they have not been as instrumental as the regional ones. The tax cut affects AD by increasing the disposable income of households. Other important manufactures include assembly of automobiles, food products, cement, pulp and paper products, textiles (cotton, wool, and synthetics), tobacco products, glass, chemicals, refined sugar, and electronic equipment. This will stabilize the business cycle. b) Regulating certain banking institutions to ensure their safety and soundness; and c) Serving as a bank for depository institutions and the federal government. An important question, however, is where to obtain the resources. It exports more than twice the amount of agricultural products it imports. Balance of PaymentsContinued trade surpluses since 1982 led to accumulation of the country's record of US$9. Some 86 percent of the population lives in urban centers, and nearly one-third of the country's entire population lives in the capital city of Santiago. While the share of land devoted to export crops such as fruit and vegetables is increasing, about half of all farms still raise wheat, the traditional foundation of Chilean agriculture. A severe drought worsened the recession in 1999, reducing crop yields and causing hydroelectric shortfalls and electricity rationing.
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GDP Historical,
North America,
Mining Chile,
La Serena,
South American,
PRESCRIPTION Chilean,
Fiscal Policy,
United Chile,
South America,
Santiago Aylwin,
percent gdp,
1000 people,
trade agreements,
money supply,
free trade,
1000 births,
fiscal policy,
foreign trade,
chilean peso,
10000 people,
percent gdp 1992,
percent annual exports,
changes affect export,
nearly 40 percent,
argentina brazil mexico,
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