Economic Survey of Mexico 2009: Achieving higher performance: enhancing spending efficiency in health and education

Despite progress over the past two decades Mexico’s health and education indicators remain well below the average of the OECD and some of its Latin American emerging market peers.

Economic Survey of Mexico 2009: Pedal to the metal: structural reforms to boost long-term growth and spur recovery from the crisis

While Mexico’s growth performance has gradually improved over the past decades, its convergence toward OECD countries has been slow.

List of Economic Surveys of Mexico

Summary of Economic Surveys: Mexico

Economic Survey of Mexico 2009: Managing the oil economy – can Mexico do it better?

Fiscal policy is highly dependent on volatile oil income. The balanced budget rule can create a bias for spending oil revenues as they are earned, especially as transfers to the stabilization funds are limited by caps at low levels. This can potentially lead to a pro-cyclical bias in fiscal policy. Revenues have also been lower than they could have, if gasoline prices had adjusted with international prices instead of a price smoothing

Launch of OECD Economic Survey of Mexico 2009

The OECD’s latest economic survey of Mexico, to be published on Thursday 30 July 2009, looks at the challenges posed by the global economic crisis. It also discusses longer-term reform in areas such as health and education.

Mexico - external links to macroeconomic reports and data

External links to: recent economic data; current interest rates and exchange rates; latest macroeconomic reports; current outlook and projections; government budget information; speeches; relevant sites.

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Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2011: Country Notes

Country Notes from OECD Economic Policy Reforms: Going for growth 2011 presenting OECD recommendations for structural reform priorities for individual countries.

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Do Latin American central bankers behave non linearly? The experiences of Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico

This paper estimates unrestricted monetary reaction functions for four Latin American countries (Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico) and tests for the presence of non linear effects in central bank behaviour.

Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2009 - Mexico Country Note

This note, taken from Chapter 3 of Economic Policy Reforms: Going for Growth 2009, contains information about the progress in implementing reforms in line with the 2008 priorities for Mexico.

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The Art of Making Reform Happen: Learning from Each Other

Governments which are successful at reforming empower their people to make the most of globalisation, creating a favourable environment for education, for business, for innovation and for sustainable development, according to Mr. Gurría.