Living on the Edge : Vulnerability to Poverty and Public Transfers in Mexico

This paper reports that the vulnerable in Mexico—people who left poverty but have not yet gained a place in the middle class—make up 30-40 percent of the population, thanks to a combination of highly unsettled, low-paid employment, living in communities with poor services, and over-exposure to often...

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Main Authors:	de la Fuente, Alejandro, Ortiz-Juárez, Eduardo, Rodriguez Castelan, Carlos
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	vulnerability risk poverty social policy Oportunidades program conditional cash transfers Programa de Apoyos Directos al Campo PROCAMPO NAFTA Programa de Apoyo Alimentario PAL Programa de Empleo Temporal PET Seguro Popular
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16336

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spelling	okr-10986-163362021-04-23T14:03:28Z Living on the Edge : Vulnerability to Poverty and Public Transfers in Mexico de la Fuente, Alejandro Ortiz-Juárez, Eduardo Rodriguez Castelan, Carlos vulnerability risk poverty social policy Oportunidades program conditional cash transfers Programa de Apoyos Directos al Campo PROCAMPO NAFTA Programa de Apoyo Alimentario PAL Programa de Empleo Temporal PET Seguro Popular This paper reports that the vulnerable in Mexico—people who left poverty but have not yet gained a place in the middle class—make up 30-40 percent of the population, thanks to a combination of highly unsettled, low-paid employment, living in communities with poor services, and over-exposure to often short-lived and somewhat unpredictable uninsured risks. It seems necessary to distinguish between long-term and short-term sources of vulnerability to poverty, and from a policy perspective, keeping this distinction between quasi-permanent factors and shocks remains relevant as very different measures address each problem. Policy options may include (1) expanding coverage of existing programs to encompass the highly vulnerable in a permanent way or to build mechanisms into existing safety nets so that they can expand support when needed, or (2) pushing for a more radical redesign of existing programs to address simultaneously the differentiated causes (structural and transient) to the threat of future poverty. 2013-12-02T20:05:40Z 2013-12-02T20:05:40Z 2013-11-12 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16336 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Mexico
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topic	vulnerability risk poverty social policy Oportunidades program conditional cash transfers Programa de Apoyos Directos al Campo PROCAMPO NAFTA Programa de Apoyo Alimentario PAL Programa de Empleo Temporal PET Seguro Popular
spellingShingle	vulnerability risk poverty social policy Oportunidades program conditional cash transfers Programa de Apoyos Directos al Campo PROCAMPO NAFTA Programa de Apoyo Alimentario PAL Programa de Empleo Temporal PET Seguro Popular de la Fuente, Alejandro Ortiz-Juárez, Eduardo Rodriguez Castelan, Carlos Living on the Edge : Vulnerability to Poverty and Public Transfers in Mexico
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description	This paper reports that the vulnerable in Mexico—people who left poverty but have not yet gained a place in the middle class—make up 30-40 percent of the population, thanks to a combination of highly unsettled, low-paid employment, living in communities with poor services, and over-exposure to often short-lived and somewhat unpredictable uninsured risks. It seems necessary to distinguish between long-term and short-term sources of vulnerability to poverty, and from a policy perspective, keeping this distinction between quasi-permanent factors and shocks remains relevant as very different measures address each problem. Policy options may include (1) expanding coverage of existing programs to encompass the highly vulnerable in a permanent way or to build mechanisms into existing safety nets so that they can expand support when needed, or (2) pushing for a more radical redesign of existing programs to address simultaneously the differentiated causes (structural and transient) to the threat of future poverty.
format	Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author	de la Fuente, Alejandro Ortiz-Juárez, Eduardo Rodriguez Castelan, Carlos
author_facet	de la Fuente, Alejandro Ortiz-Juárez, Eduardo Rodriguez Castelan, Carlos
author_sort	de la Fuente, Alejandro
title	Living on the Edge : Vulnerability to Poverty and Public Transfers in Mexico
title_short	Living on the Edge : Vulnerability to Poverty and Public Transfers in Mexico
title_full	Living on the Edge : Vulnerability to Poverty and Public Transfers in Mexico
title_fullStr	Living on the Edge : Vulnerability to Poverty and Public Transfers in Mexico
title_full_unstemmed	Living on the Edge : Vulnerability to Poverty and Public Transfers in Mexico
title_sort	living on the edge : vulnerability to poverty and public transfers in mexico
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2013
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Living on the Edge : Vulnerability to Poverty and Public Transfers in Mexico

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