Mexico: Experiences with Pro-Poor Expenditure Policies
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- Published by International Monetary Fund (IMF) in IMF Working Papers
- Vol. 2 (12)
- https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451842913.001
Abstract
Against the background of Mexico's persistently high degree of inequality, this paper analyzes the country's experience with pro-poor policies over the last decade. A number of important government initiatives, implemented since the mid-1990s, have aimed at improving distributional equity through pro-poor expenditure programs, while at the same time seeking to increase the efficiency of public spending. This paper reviews these initiatives and outlines some additional policy options.Keywords
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