6-January-2015
English
In parallel to a sweeping structural reform agenda, Mexico announced in 2013 a new approach to housing and urban policy. Calling for a more explicit qualitative focus on housing and the urban environment, the policy shift is a welcome development. Mexico urbanised more rapidly than most OECD countries in the past half-century, in part as a result of the expansion of housing finance led by INFONAVIT and facilitated by policies aiming to expand access to formal housing. Yet the quantitative push for formal housing came with quantitative costs: inefficient development patterns resulting in a hollowing out of city centres and the third-highest rate of urban sprawl in the OECD; increasing motorisation rates; a significant share of vacant housing, with one-seventh of the housing stock uninhabited in 2010; housing developments with inadequate access to public transport and basic urban services; and social segregation. How can the Mexican authorities “get cities right” and develop more competitive, sustainable and inclusive cities? How can they improve the capacity of the relevant institutions and foster greater collaboration among them? How can INFONAVIT ensure that its lending activities generate more sustainable urban outcomes as it also fulfils its pension mandate and help Mexicans save more for retirement?
6-January-2015
Spanish
México ha logrado reducir, en gran medida y a una velocidad notable, el déficit cuantitativo de vivienda del país. La adopción e implementación de una política de vivienda más flexible y el fortalecimiento de la política nacional de desarrollo urbano le permitirían beneficiarse del crecimiento económico y sustentable de las ciudades, afirma la OCDE.
6-January-2015
English
In parallel to a sweeping structural reform agenda, Mexico announced in 2013 a new approach to housing and urban policy. Calling for a more explicit qualitative focus on housing and the urban environment, the policy shift is a welcome development.
6-January-2015
Spanish
Me da mucho gusto estar aquí para dar el banderazo de salida a una nueva etapa en la colaboración entre la OCDE y el Estado de Morelos. Para la OCDE, la cooperación con autoridades locales se ha vuelto cada vez más importante, dada la creciente relevancia de las mismas en la promoción del desarrollo regional y local.
6-January-2015
Spanish
Es un placer estar aquí para presentar el Estudio de la OCDE de Políticas Urbanas en México: Transformando la Política Urbana y el Financiamiento de la Vivienda. Este estudio muestra el compromiso de México para llevar a cabo una reforma ambiciosa en materia de vivienda y política urbana.
6-January-2015
English
Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, was in Mexico from 6 to 9 January 2015 on an official visit, to present the OECD 2015 Economic Survey of Mexico alongside Mr. Luis Videgaray, Minister of Finance of Mexico.
8-December-2014
English
The second progress report in the implementation of regulatory improvement actions shows a 52% progress for the Municipality of Hermosillo.
5-December-2014
English
Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, was in Mexico from 5 to 9 December 2014. He held bilateral meetings with several Ministers in Mexico City and then proceeded to Veracruz to attend the XXIV Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government.
1-December-2014
English
Permanent inflows of foreigners to Mexico in 2012 decreased to 19 500, down from 21 400 in 2011.
6-October-2014
English
Country notes outlining regional variations in health, jobs, safety, environment, access to services, civic engagement, housing, education, income, and employment. These notes are from the OECD publication "How's Life in Your Region?".