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included a conditional cash transfer programme for encouraging students to stay in school; a
conditional cash transfer system for pregnant women and children under 2 years of age, in
conjunction with regular health checks by the public health service; a payment programme
for people aged 60 and over to reduce their risk of falling into poverty; and monetary aid for
people with disabilities.
24.
Regarding transparency, article 21 of the Constitution provided that everyone had the
right to have access to information, and through article 106, the State guaranteed the rights
to communication and the right to information. Article 242 referred to the role participation
and social oversight played in supporting transparent management of information and use of
resources in all areas of public management. The Constitution protected the right to the
unrestricted access to information from public entities, and empowered social organizations
and civil society to participate and exercise social oversight, both in the formulation of plans
and in the monitoring of the results achieved.
25.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Public Finance had worked on South-South
cooperation and triangular cooperation, both technically and scientifically, through the
exchange of experiences, knowledge and technology.
26.
In its submission, the Government of Burundi described the National Development
Plan of Burundi for 2018–2027, in accordance with which it undertook policy evaluations,
provided for tax incentives and conducted impact assessments on human rights. The Plan
also included goals for employment, decent salaries and better working conditions. Several
plans were aligned with and supported the implementation of the National Development Plan,
including the Public Investment Plan, community development plans and the strategic sectors
plans. The National Financial Inclusion Strategy for 2015–2020 was under revision. The
Government disseminated information through workshops that were held in all of the
country’s provinces after the adoption of new financing laws.
27.
The Government had implemented Law No. 1/19 on the general regime for publicprivate partnership contracts, which guaranteed transparency for the process of signing
public-private partnership contracts, and created platforms to attract investors through the
National Development Plan. The government agency responsible for public-private
partnerships had established a website where civil society could access information on past
and ongoing public-private partnership projects.
28.
Considering the potential disadvantages of austerity programmes and public-private
partnerships, the Government had taken measures to widen its tax base and increase internal
resources by revising income and value-added taxes (VATs), and by addressing tax
avoidance, among other measures. Information on the imposition of taxes, tax incentives and
the income generated by large actors was available online.
29.
With respect to distributing revenues to the public, the Government listed projects
aimed at low-income populations, such as the establishment of a bank for young people and
plans to establish a bank for women. The Government also allocated money to family farming
in villages and sponsored entrepreneurship courses for potential business owners.
30.
The Government of Chile focused its submission on State measures for distributing
benefits and social protection. It listed many social protection programmes and related
statistics. For example, the Government submitted that as at December 2018, 289
programmes and initiatives out of a total of 448 had reported measures and/or mechanisms
for the participation of beneficiaries.
31.
Chile incorporated a rights-based approach into the design and implementation of
State social programmes through the reporting of information and data. Namely, social
programmes must provide information on their human rights-related measures and
background information on gender, indigenous peoples, territorial perspective, the situation
of persons with disabilities, migration and the situation of children and adolescents.
32.
The Government also stated that it requested information on how social programmes
contributed to alleviating multidimensional poverty. The measurement of such poverty was
based on indicators relating to education, health, employment and social security, housing
and the environment, and networks and social cohesion. In 2018, only 212 out of 448 social
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