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Given the current share of the rural sector in the national population (24%), average public expenditure per capita is similar in the urban and rural sectors. Read More »
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Rather than encouraging exit from the formal sector, Seguro Popular is associated with a reduction in the inflow of workers into formality. Read More »
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Contrary to previous results, this analysis finds a rather weak relationship between exports and productivity growth. Read More »
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Teenage pregnancy has been a cause of concern for policy makers because it is associated with a complex and often adverse social context for women. It is seen as the cause of lower social and economic achievement for mothers and their children, and as the...
Executive Directors approved a Loan for the Fiscal Risk Management Development Policy to the United Mexican States in the amount of US$300,751,879.70 on the payment terms and conditions set out in the President's Memorandum. Executive Directors expressed...
Directors expressed support for the strengthening social resilience to climate change development policy loan to provide recognition for and continue engagement with the implementation of climate change policies that strengthen Mexico's adaptive capacity...
Different views have been put forward to explain why most firms in developing countries operate informally. One view argues that informal-business owners are entrepreneurs who do not register their firm because the regulation process is too complex....
About three quarters of indigenous peoples in Mexico are poor, while only half of non indigenous people live below the official poverty line. Read More »
This paper aims at proposing a view of the middle class based on vulnerability to poverty. Read More »