description: What is the potential impact of decentralisation on social and economic conditions in Mexico's urban and rural regions? How can public and private investment in local infrastructure better meet local needs, and promote economic development? Can local development help reduce social and economic inequalities? This publication sheds light on the issue of decentralisation in Mexico. It shows that decentralisation can make decision-making more efficient and increase local participation in development issues. Decentralisation can provide a better framework to improve local infrastructure and to channel the necessary finance from public and private sources. The modernisation of infrastructure systems in Mexico's cities and regions would improve the quality of life and stimulate economic development, thus fostering entrepreneurship and employment. The initiatives being launched in Mexico in this direction constitute a major change of the country, one better adapted to the opportunities of the global economy and to the country's increasingly pluralistic system. Over time, Mexico will make better use of its own natural and human resources, reducing inequality and broadening opportunity throughout its territory.
language: English
title: Decentralisation and Local infrastructure in Mexico: A New Public Policy
titlecomplete: Decentralisation and Local infrastructure in Mexico: A New Public Policy
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publisher: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development