World Bank2012-03-192012-03-192009-12-16https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3153This study examines agricultural and rural development (ARD) public expenditures in Mexico. The study is based on federal public expenditures. The study is structured in six parts as follows: the first part presents the Mexican ARD context in terms of policy and performance. The second part dissects the ARD public budget, classifying expenditure programs in various ways so as to provide an overview of the scope and composition of ARD spending. The third part analyses efficiency issues by means of international and state-level comparisons of agriculture public expenditures (APE) and agriculture performance indicators. The main focus of the assessment is on APE, but these are evaluated within the broader context of rural development policies, considering the degree of consistency and complementarily between the two sets of policies. The fourth part investigates equity issues emerging from ARD expenditures. Equity is evaluated at the level of geographic units (states and municipalities) and of individuals and households. In addition to assessing the equity impacts of the main rural programs, an effort is made to evaluate the overall equity implications of the entire APE and of rural development expenditure (RDE). The fifth part contains a brief analysis of the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) system of ARD programs and of selected institutional aspects, and highlights some issues. Finally, the sixth part offers reflections on possible directions for moving forwards both for the overall evolution of ARD expenditures and for some of the main programs.CC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL PUBLIC EXPENDITURESAGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENTEQUITY ISSUESFEDERAL PUBLIC EXPENDITURESMONITORING AND EVALUATION SYSTEMRURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIESWorld Bank10.1596/3153