This study presents a preliminary evaluation of the impact of the Seguro Popular (SP) on state and households health financing inequalities. There exist in Mexico extreme inequalities in health financing, which are explained by the high proportion of out-of-pocket spending in total health...

This study estimates the incidence of public monetary and in kind transfers on the income of households with workers earning the minimum wage in Mexico. The study extends and updates a previous study, "Las transferencias públicas en el costo de vida de los hogares con trabajadores de salario...

This paper presents a preliminary evaluation of the distribution at the household level of benefits from the Sistema de Protección Social en Salud (SPSS), or Seguro Popular, in its initial phase of operations. This health protection scheme was introduced in 2003, through a mayor reform of the...

This document presents a review and critical analysis of the evaluation of public policies and programs in Mexico in the light of recent progress in the practice and institutionalization of program and policy evaluation. The first section considers the importance of evaluation, transparency and...

Agriculture and rural development policies in Mexico have experienced a profound reform process over the last two decades, including the ejido reform of 1992, the liberalisation of agricultural markets under the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta, between 1994 to 2008), and the...

This study presents a synthesis of the international literature on health systems and poverty, with the aim of contributing to inform health policy reforms in Mexico on the basis of the best current evidence available. The synthesis covers the performance of health systems in terms of equity and...

This paper provides preliminary estimates of the productivity impact of intelligent machine technology (IMT) and the rate of return to IMT research and development (R&D) over the next two decades. The paper adapts economists' traditional productivity growth model to enable the use of industrial...

How much redistribution and poverty reduction is being accomplished in Latin America through social spending, subsidies, and taxes? Standard fiscal incidence analyses applied to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay using a comparable methodology yields the following results....

A comprehensive tax and benefit incidence analysis is presented covering the redistributive fiscal instruments implemented in Mexico in 2008 and 2010, representative of the urban and rural sectors, as well as nationally. The expansion of basic social programs and effectively targeted direct...

We apply a standard tax and benefit incidence analysis to estimate the impact on inequality and poverty of direct taxes, indirect taxes and subsidies, and social spending (cash and food transfers and in-kind transfers in education and health). The extent of inequality reduction induced by direct...