In 2002, half of Mexico's population lived in poverty and one fifth in extreme poverty, slightly lower than before the 1994-1995 crisis. Mexico has made major progress in some poverty dimensions -health, nutrition and education outcomes, access to basic health and education services, electricity, water and (to a lesser extent) sanitation. Large increases in government spending enabled key social programs to expand. Programs also became more pro-poor...
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2005/01/01
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Poverty in Mexico: an assessment of conditions, trends and government strategy
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access to tertiary education
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Lopez-Acevedo,Gladys C.; Walton,Michael.
Poverty in Mexico: an assessment of conditions, trends and government strategy (English). En breve ; no. 61 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/953101468280479608