Regional Development and Structural Policy in Mexico
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9789264162020
Subjects: Rural and Regional Development Urban; Development
Description: Mexico is a multi-faceted country. Given the geographical and ethnic diversity of Mexico's regions, as well as their particular cultural and historical traditions, each of the regions making up the Federation calls for a specific development policy. At the same time, economic, political and social equilibria are going to be affected by the trend towards a greater decentralisation of political structures.Mexico is faced with two major challenges. How can consistency of government action be maintained in conjunction with a firm resolve to decentralise? How is it possible to reconcile regional and national development while striving to achieve the country's integration within the world economy? This study, which includes many tables, maps and figures as background material, makes it possible to define these challenges more clearly and therefore to clarify regional policy options for the coming decade.
Table of contents: title: FOREWORD; title: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; title: The regional development assessment; title: The territorial consequences of sectoral policies; title: The consequences of structural reforms; title: 1. MEXICO: GENERAL SITUATION; title: Macroeconomic policies; title: The monetary crisis of December 1994; title: Structural policies; title: Structure and summary of the report; title: 2. REGIONAL ISSUES IN MEXICO; title: Geographical factors affecting regional development; title: Inter-regional social disparities; title: Inter-regional economic disparities in Mexico; title: Regional competitiveness; title: Environmental issues; title: 3. SECTORAL POLICIES WITH A REGIONAL IMPACT; title: Industrial and technological policies; title: Regional aspects of social policy; title: 4. REGIONAL IMPACT OF THE MAIN STRUCTURAL POLICIES; title: Interstate redistribution of income through the federal budget; title: Decentralisation; title: Fiscal decentralisation in Mexico; title: Territorial consequences of privatisation; title: Historic of privatisation of major roads, railways, ports and airports; title: Privatisation of the railways; title: Privatisation of the ports; title: Privatisation of the airports; title: Annex: A Framework for territorial data collection and analysis