Walton, MichaelLopez-Acevedo, Gladys2012-08-132012-08-132005-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10342In 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, with new demand-side measures using cash transfers as incentives for poor households to send their children to school and attend health clinics.CC BY 3.0 IGOASSESSING POVERTYAVERAGE INCOMESCASH TRANSFERSCONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMSECONOMIC ACTIVITIESECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC MANAGEMENTEXCHANGE RATEEXCLUDED GROUPSEXTREME POVERTYGINI COEFFICIENTGROWTH PROCESSHEALTH INSURANCEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTINCOMEINCOME GROUPSINCOME GROWTHINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME POVERTYINDIGENOUS GROUPSINEQUALITYINFORMAL SECTORINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTINFRASTRUCTURE PROVISIONINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINESLABOR MARKETLAND REFORMLATIN AMERICANLONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENTNUTRITIONOLD AGEPOLICY REFORMSPOOR CHILDRENPOOR GROWTHPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOVERTY CHANGESPOVERTY LEVELSPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY OUTCOMESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPRO-POORPROGRAM DESIGNSPUBLIC ACTIONPUBLIC INSTITUTIONSPUBLIC SECTORPUBLIC SERVICESPUBLIC SPENDINGPUBLIC WORKSRAPID GROWTHREAL TERMSREDUCING POVERTYRISK MANAGEMENTRURAL AREASSERVICE DELIVERYSERVICE PROVIDERSSERVICE PROVISIONSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL EXCLUSIONSOCIAL INCLUSIONSOCIAL POLICYSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMSSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL SERVICESSOCIAL SPENDINGTARGETED TRANSFER PROGRAMSTARGETINGTAX REFORMTERTIARY EDUCATIONUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITSURBAN AREASURBAN POORURBAN WORKERSVULNERABLE GROUPSWAGE DIFFERENTIALSWorld Bank10.1596/10342