Poverty and Inequality

Quentin Wodon and Eduardo Velez

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Abstract: While there are different estimates of poverty in Mexico, there is general agreement that poverty is widespread, and that the reduction of poverty should be a key area of focus for the new Administration. Beyond lack of income, poverty is a complex and multidimensional phenomena which affects many areas of the life of the poor. As a result, a wide range of public policies have been implemented in Mexico, as elsewhere, to reduce poverty and improve the well-being of the population. This paper has two objectives. First, it briefly presents a framework that could be used by the new Administration to prepare a coherent strategy for poverty reduction. Second, it provides a synthesis of eight background chapters devoted to government programs, social protection, education, health, urban labor markets, rural development, indigenous peoples, and gender that all relate to poverty in Mexico.

Keywords: Mexico; poverty; inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H53 I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-09
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Published in Mexico: A Comprehensive Development Agenda for the New Era (2001): pp. 85-116

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