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LOPEZ AREVALO, Jorge Alberto  y  GOMEZ CAMACHO, Carlos Alberto. Poverty and Inequality in Chiapas and Mexico During the So-Called Fourth Transformation. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2026, vol.21, e830.  Epub 24-Abr-2026. ISSN 1870-4115.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2026.v21.830.

The Andrés Manuel López Obrador administration presented a dual reality in its management of poverty in Mexico: it achieved a historic national reduction of 13.4 million people living in this condition, yet the poorest state, Chiapas, showed only marginal progress in this regard. Although the state accounted for 22.9 % of the country’s extreme poverty, it contributed only 2.5 % (42 994 people) to its overall reduction. Structural barriers limited the effectiveness of national policies, which coincided with an intensification of residual poverty. The findings call into question welfare-based approaches for providing only temporary relief. A sustainable solution requires replacing transfer payments with productive investment and employment, since without transforming the regional productive base, the gaps will persist and deepen.

Palabras llave : structural poverty; regional inequality; productive investment; endogenous development.

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