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SALAS DURAZO, Iván Alejandro; RIVAS JIMENEZ, Claudia Patricia  e  SORIA ROMO, Rigoberto. Competitiveness and urban prosperity in Mexico: their contribution to quality of life. Econ. soc. territ [online]. 2025, vol.25, e2200.  Epub 13-Fev-2026. ISSN 2448-6183.  https://doi.org/10.22136/est20252200.

This paper identifies the association between urban competitiveness and prosperity in 70 Mexican cities. A regression model was developed with information provided by the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness, and UN-Habitat. As a result, the importance of public policies as an articulating element of both concepts was reaffirmed, through both economic promotion and social policies as instruments to improve the quality of life. The analysis points out that the lack of sustainability and governance hinder fair growth; provides new perspectives on the connection between competitiveness and prosperity; and emphasizes the importance of infrastructure in urban development.

Palavras-chave : wellbeing benchmarks; territorial attractiveness; thriving cities; public policies; social policy.

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