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Pacific Alliance (4 Countries): Government mechanisms devoted to social development, 2017

Country	Ministry of Social Development or equivalent	Year of creation of specific first instance	Mission	Minister (year of entry)	Poverty and social development	Social protection	Wellbeing of specific segments	Intersectoral Commission for Social Development or equivalent
Chile	Ministry of Social Development and Family	2011	To contribute to the design and application of social development policies, plans and programs, especially those aimed at eradicating poverty and providing social protection to vulnerable people, promoting mobility and social inclusion. Likewise, it must ensure the coordination, consistency and coherence of the policies, plans and programs in the area of social development, at the national and regional levels and evaluate the pre-investment studies of projects that request financing from the State to determine their social profitability, so that they respond to the strategies and policies of growth and economic and social development that are determined for the country.	Giorgio Jackson Drago (2022)
Colombia	Administrative Department for Social Prosperity	2011	It is the entity of the National Government that seeks to create and implement policies, general plans, programs and projects for assistance, attention and reparation to the victims of violence; social inclusion, attention to vulnerable groups and their social and economic reintegration. Its mission is to design, coordinate, and implement public policies for social inclusion and reconciliation.	Cielo Rusinque Urrego (2022)
Mexico	Secretariat of Welfare	2018	Mission: Contribute to the establishment of the welfare state where people as subjects with rights, particularly historically vulnerable groups, improve their levels of well-being, inclusion and equity during their lifetime considering cultural, social and territorial diversity, through the consolidation of comprehensive public policies, with sustainable development and productive inclusion. General Objectives: Contribute to guaranteeing a basic set of human rights in an effective and progressive manner, starting with those who need it most. Reduce the gaps of socioeconomic inequality between territories. Contribute to social welfare through sufficient income, promote food self-sufficiency, the reconstruction of the social fabric and generate the productive inclusion of farmers in rural locations to make the land productive. Reduce the socioeconomic inequality gaps faced by historically excluded population groups. Contribute to a culture for peace to influence the reduction of violence in communities and territories.	Ariadna Montiel Reyes (2022)
Peru	Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion	2011	The Ministry (MIDIS) is the main entity that is responsible for national policies that promote Development and Social Inclusion. Its mission is to ensure that the social policies and programs of the different sectors and different levels of government act in a coordinated and articulated manner, in order to close gaps in access to universal quality public services and access to the opportunities that economic growth opens up. The MIDIS was created to change the inertia, fragmentation and disarticulation of the Peruvian State in the face of poverty and social exclusion and to coordinate joint actions in the different territories of the country, monitor compliance with agreements and evaluate the impacts that are generated in order to mark the course of the State towards an effective fight against poverty.	Julio Javier Demartini Montes (2022)

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Source: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), based on official information reported by governments of the region.