Mexico, a comprehensive development agenda for the new era / / edited by Marcelo M. Giugale, Olivier Lafourcade, and Vinh H. Nguyen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910967740903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2001
• ISBN: 1-280-08760-9; 9786610087600; 0-585-45645-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: xxxii, 748 pages : illustrations ; ; 23 cm
• Altri autori (Persone): GiugaleMarcelo; LafourcadeO; NguyenVinh H
• Disciplina: 338.972
• Soggetti: Fiscal policy - Mexico; Taxation - Mexico; Poverty - Mexico; Mexico Economic conditions 1994-; Mexico Economic policy 1994-; Mexico Politics and government 1988-2000
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Editor Biographies -- Acronyms -- A Comprehensive Development Agenda for The New Era Synthesis -- Una Agenda Integral de Desarrollo para La Nueva Era -- Fiscal Sustainability -- Growth and Competitiveness -- Poverty and Inequality -- A Sustainable Future -- Accountability and the Demand for Quality Government -- Macroeconomic Assessment -- Fiscal Sustainability -- Challenges and Prospects for Tax Reform -- Public Debt Management Stocktaking and Challenges Ahead -- Pension Reform -- Growth and Competitiveness -- Banking Sector -- Micro, Small, and Medium-Scale Enterprises -- Housing -- Urban Development -- Rural Development and Agriculture -- Federal Transport -- Energy -- Regulatory Environment for Private Sector Participation in Infrastructure -- Poverty and Inequality -- Reform of ; the Mexican Healthcare System -- Education Sector Strategy -- Social Protection -- Labor Markets -- Indigenous Peoples and Poverty -- The Economics of Gender in Mexico: Work, Family, State, and Market -- Government Programs and Poverty -- A Sustainable Future -- Water -- Biodiversity -- Forestry and Land Management -- Natural Disaster Management -- Air Quality -- Solid Waste Management -- Accountability and the Demand for Quality Government -- Decentralization -- Governance -- Legal and Judicial Institutions.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is a compendium of Mexico's development process, one that recognizes its comprehensive and multi-faceted nature. It focuses on five overarching themes including fiscal sustainability, growth and competitiveness, poverty and inequality, sustainable future, and good government.