The Incidence of Agricultural Subsidies in Mexico

John Scott

No DTE 473, Working Papers from CIDE, División de Economía

Abstract: This study presents a comprehensive incidence analysis of agricultural and rural development programs implemented in Mexico over the last two decades, in the context of an ambitious reform effort to modernize the agricultural sector and address rural poverty. This 'second agrarian reform' included the 1992 Ejido reform, the liberation of agricultural markets through the North American Free Trade Agreement (1994-2008), and the introduction of innovative programs, including the delinked Procampo transfers and conditional cash transfers (Progresa/Oportunidades). The study presents a critical analysis of the separation between efficiency (productive) and equity (social) considerations in the design and evaluation of agricultural/rural development policies. It reviews the evolution of agricultural production, productivity, employment, salaries, and the declining impact of the sector on the income of the rural population. It analyzes the distribution of agricultural subsidies at the state and municipality level, considering the geographic distribution of growth, productivity and employment, as well as the incidence of benefits at the producer and household level, quantifying the conflicting impact of agricultural subsidies and rural development programs on rural income inequality in Mexico.

Keywords: Agriculture; Subsidies; Rural development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q18 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 89 pages
Date: 2010-02
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (3)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.economiamexicana.cide.edu/RePEc/emc/pdf/DTE/DTE473.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:emc:wpaper:dte473

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Working Papers from CIDE, División de Economía Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Mateo Hoyos ().