That is a very important issue for us because we are globalization players; we are not standing on the sidelines. Globalization, as I pointed out, offers many opportunities but it also harbors many risks. The coalition government that took over from the military government decided that Chile had to take a pragmatic approach in both areas, that of its international role and of its social policy, which provides the ground rules for the under privileged.
For example, we clearly transformed the health system and we are currently establishing a health care system to which 60 to 70% of the population will have guaranteed access. Currently, approximately 30% of the population uses the private health sector but we are working together because the private sector potentially can provide services that are not available within the public sector.
I talked about education. We would like to have a social policy that guarantees that globalization will not increase the social disparities in Chile. That is still our [Inaudible]. I believe there is a political consensus on this, as I pointed out at the end of my presentation, and a consensus between businesses and workers. There are differences of opinion, problems and disputes, as there are anywhere, but the key is to move ahead without being dogmatic. Some are against globalization and others only believe in free trade.
We are more pragmatic. We made substantial changes to the Washington agreement that was imposed by the Word Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and that today no intelligent human being in the world would agree with. We have opened our economy but we are aware of the danger that represents. We need to work pragmatically in a complementary, not a confrontational way.