Mexico: Experiences with Pro-Poor Expenditure Policies

Ana Corbacho and Gerd Schwartz

No 2002/012, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: Against the background of Mexico's persistently high degree of inequality, this paper analyzes the country's experience with pro-poor policies over the last decade. A number of important government initiatives, implemented since the mid-1990s, have aimed at improving distributional equity through pro-poor expenditure programs, while at the same time seeking to increase the efficiency of public spending. This paper reviews these initiatives and outlines some additional policy options.

Keywords: WP; Gini coefficient; education expenditure; per capita income; private sector; Mexico; Income Distribution; Government Expenditure; government expenditure program; income decile; average earnings; household income; population group; government policy; inequality in Mexico; government program; Income; Income inequality; Education spending; Caribbean; Global (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 55
Date: 2002-01-01
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