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Osvaldo Alejandro Larrañaga Jimenez

Program Officer

United Nations Development Program

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Economics of social policies, Education and Employment, Poverty and Income Distribution

Educación

  •  Economics, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Estados Unidos, 1997
  •  Economics, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1981
  •  Economics, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE. Chile, 1981
  •  Economics, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Estados Unidos, 1994

Experiencia Académica

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Economics and Business

    Chile

    1997 - 2009

  •   Associate Professor of Economics Full Time

    Latin American Institute of Doctrine and Social Studies (ILADES)

    Chile

    1989 - 2006

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCION

    Concepción, Chile

    1982 - 1989

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Member of the Ministerial Expert Committee on Population Census 2017 Other

    Ministry of Economics

    Chile

    2015 - A la fecha

  •   Member of the Independent Expert Committee on Casen Survey 2015 Other

    Ministry of Social Development

    Chile

    2014 - A la fecha

  •   Member of the Ministerial Comission on Health Sector Reform Other

    Ministry of Health

    Chile

    2014 - 2014

  •   Member of the Presidential Comission on the Measurement of Poverty Other

    Ministry of Social Development

    Chile

    2013 - 2014

  •   Member of the Independent Expert Committee on Casen Survey 2013 Other

    Ministry of Social Development

    Chile

    2012 - 2014

  •   Associate Dean, School of Economics and Business Full Time

    Universidad de Chile

    Chile

    2002 - 2004

  •   Chairman, Department of Economics Other

    Universidad de Chile

    Chile

    2007 - 2012

  •   Member of the Board of Directors Other

    University Hospital José Joaquín Aguirre, Universidad de Chile

    Chile

    2002 - 2003

  •   Member of the Independent Expert Commission on the evaluation of the Population Census 2012 Other

    Ministry of Economics

    Chile

    2012 - 2012

  •   Coordinator of the Expert Committee on National Training Policy Part Time

    Ministry of Labor

    Chile

    2011 - 2011

  •   Member of the Presidential Commission on Female labor market participation and maternity Other

    Ministry of Labor

    Chile

    2010 - 2010

  •   Coordinator of the Independent Expert Committee on the Assessment of Casen Survey 2011 Part Time

    Ministry of Social Development

    Chile

    2011 - 2011

  •   Member of the Ministerial Expert Committee on the reform of the Social Policy Targeting Mechanism Other

    Ministry of Social Development

    Chile

    2010 - 2010

  •   President of the Advisory Council for the Social Security Reform Other

    Ministry of Labor

    Chile

    2009 - 2009

  •   Technical advisor on Conditional Cash Transfers Other

    Government of Haiti

    Haití

    2012 - 2012

  •   Technical advisor on monitoring and evaluation of social policy Other

    Ministry of Finance

    Guayana

    2011 - 2011

  •   Consultant on development strategy Other

    Ministry of Social Development

    Guatemala

    2014 - 2014

  •   Technical advisor on the design and implementation of the poverty line Other

    Central Bureau of Statistics Curacao

    Antillas Holandesas

    2014 - 2014

  •   Consultant on equity considerations in environmental policies Other

    Ministry of Environmental Issues

    Chile

    2013 - 2013

  •   Consultant on poverty measurement Other

    Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

    Chile

    2013 - 2013

  •   Technical advisor on the design of a targeting mechanism Other

    Ministry of Planning

    Ecuador

    2012 - 2012

  •   Technical advisor on the design of the Ficha de Proteccion Social (targeting instrument) Other

    Ministry of Planning

    Chile

    2011 - 2011

  •   Consultant on multidimensional poverty indicators Other

    Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

    Chile

    2011 - 2011

  •   Consultant ex post economic evaluation of Mecesup I (higher education project in Chile) Other

    The World Bank

    Chile

    2010 - 2010

  •   Consultant on the design of a program evaluation: Proyecto Nacer (mother child health project) Other

    Ministry of Health

    Argentina

    2010 - 2010

  •   Consultant ex ante economic evaluation Mecesup II (higher education project in Chile) Other

    The World Bank

    Chile

    2009 - 2009

  •   Consultant on targeting mechanisms in Chile Other

    The World Bank

    Chile

    2009 - 2009

  •   Consultant on a new financing scheme for the higher education sector Other

    Ministry of Education

    Chile

    2008 - 2008

  •   Consultant on student loan reform Other

    Ministry of Education

    Chile

    2006 - 2006

  •   Consultant on social assistance pensions Other

    Ministry of Labor

    Chile

    2006 - 2006

  •   Technical advisor on impact evaluation Other

    Chilean Institute for Sports and Recreation

    Chile

    2005 - 2005

  •   Coordinator of the Chilean chapter network of inequality and poverty. Other

    Inter-American Development Bank/The World Bank/Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA)

    Chile

    2005 - 2005

  •   Consultant on the impact of information technologies on the delivery of social services Other

    Undersecretary of Telecommunications

    Chile

    2003 - 2003

Formación de Capital Humano


Teaching of undergraduate and graduate students (Universidad de Chile, Ilades/Georgetown University Graduate Program, Universidad de Concepcion).


Difusión y Transferencia


Consultancy services to national and international institutions (The World Bank, ECLAC, Ministry of Social Development of Guatemala, Central Bureau of Statistics Curacao, among others) on poverty measurement and development strategies.
Technical support for the design, implementation and evaluation of social policies.
Design of targeting mechanisms both in Chile and abroad.



 

Article (12)

Improving the measurement of the relationship between opportunities and income: evidence from longitudinal data from Chile
Impact evaluation of chile solidario: Lessons and policy recommendations
The evolution of opportunities for children in Chile, 1990-2006
Estabilidad en la desigualdad: Chile 1990-2003
Evaluating the Chile Solidario program: results using the Chile Solidario panel and the administrative databases
Inequality stability. Chile 1990-2003
Los recientes cambios en la desigualdad y la pobreza en Chile
Competencia y participación privada. La experiencia chilena de educación
Decentralization and equity of resource allocation: evidence from Colombia and Chile
Poverty and Income Distribution in Chile: 1987-1998. New Evidence
Activos y recursos de la población pobre en Chile
Trayectorias educacionales e inserción laboral de una cohorte de alumnos de la educación media técnico profesional

BookSection (21)

Middle clases and education in Latin America
De la Ficha de Protección Social a la reforma de la focalización
Desigualdad y Pobreza en Chile 1990 a 2013
Las pensiones solidarias: análisis de una política exitosa
Políticas contra la pobreza: de Chile Solidario al Ingreso Ético Familiar
Historia reciente de la política contra la pobreza en Chile
El sector municipal en el sistema educacional chileno
Chile Solidario y el combate a la pobreza
El Estado Bienestar en Chile 1910-2010
El sistema de pensiones solidarias
La ficha de protección social
El nuevo escenario: cambio demográfico, incorporación de la mujer y diversificación de la familia
Comportamientos reproductivos y fertilidad, 1960-2003
Participación laboral de la mujer. Chile 1958-2003
Empleo y salarios en los tres primeros gobiernos de la Concertación
Distribución de ingresos en Chile
Eficiencia y equidad en el sistema de salud chileno
Incorporating social services in the measurement of poverty
Health Sector Reforms in Chile
¿Dónde y cómo viven los chilenos?
¿Dónde, cómo y con quién vive la población con menor bienestar económico?

BookWhole (2)

Las Nuevas Políticas de Protección Social en Chile. Nueva edición ampliada y actualizada
Las Nuevas Políticas de Protección Social en Chile

ConferencePaper (1)

Decentralization of health systems in Latin America
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Osvaldo Larrañaga

Program Officer

Inequality and Poverty Reduction

United Nations Development Program

Santiago, Chile

2
Juan Valenzuela

Associated Researcher

Vicerrectoria de Asuntos Academicos

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Esteban Puentes

Visiting Scholar at the Population Studies Center

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Estados Unidos

1
Andrés Hojman

Assistant Professor

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Tomas Rau

Associate professor

Instituto de Economía

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Dante Contreras

Profesor

DEPARTAMENTO DE ECONOMÍA, UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile