Abstract

TORRES, Felipe  and  ROJAS, Agustín. Economic and Social Policy in Mexico: Disparities and Consequences. Prob. Des [online]. 2015, vol.46, n.182, pp.41-66. ISSN 0301-7036.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rpd.2015.06.001.

Mexico's adoption of an open-economy model to reorient its economic policy precipitated disparate growth and internal wealth distribution, as the control of the macroeconomic environment led to lagging social welfare indicators and increased poverty and inequality. Although Mexican social policy has sought to compensate for the deteriorating living conditions of its population, the scope of this policy is insufficient, insofar as the economic policy in place imposes limits that divert public spending towards certain target groups, leaving a broad swath of the people vulnerable. The data demonstrates that this targeted social policy has proved unable to reverse the disparities derived from the type of economic policy in effect. If we do not correct the factors that govern the current model, we risk gradually undermining the living conditions of the population and even national security.

Keywords : Economic Policy; Social Policy; social spending; poverty; social programs.

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