Mexico - Improving Productivity for the Urban Poor
This report is part of an ongoing dialogue between the World Bank and Secretaria de Desarrollo Social (SEDESOL) on poverty reduction. It builds on the findings and messages of the World Bank poverty programmatic reports, which included a poverty as...
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Format: | Other Poverty Study |
Language: | English |
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World Bank
2012
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Online Access: | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20090525044500 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3047 |
Summary: | This report is part of an ongoing
dialogue between the World Bank and Secretaria de Desarrollo
Social (SEDESOL) on poverty reduction. It builds on the
findings and messages of the World Bank poverty programmatic
reports, which included a poverty assessment, detailed
follow-up analysis of urban and rural poverty, social
protection, and poverty and decentralization. This report
responds to a request from the SEDESOL for support in
refining its programmatic approach to poverty reduction via
further analysis and more detailed recommendations and
guidance regarding the next generation of poverty
reduction/social development programs. This report is the
first of three technical pieces agreed with SEDESOL as part
of the work program on increasing the productivity of the
poor. The two remaining pieces are: a) reviewing
international evidence and experience on selected policies
and programs; and b) developing the implication for social
development/poverty reduction policies and programs in
Mexico. This report begins with a short summary of main
findings. Chapter one analyzes recent trends in urban
poverty, with emphasis in the recovery in poverty levels
after the mid-1990s peso crisis. Chapter two discusses the
characteristics of the urban poor and their labor market
performance. Chapter three reviews the legal and regulatory
environment and its affects on labor market performance.
Chapters four to six provide assessments of selected
interventions to improve the income and job opportunities of
the poor, and offers suggestions that could better their
results. The last chapter concludes and discusses areas of
future work. |
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