Mexico
The state of Zacatecas is the northernmost state of the Centre-West meso-region. It is the eighth largest in surface area, about the size of the Czech Republic. However, with a population of just over 1.4 million, (1.3% of Mexico’s population), it is the 26th most densely populated. It has a high share of rural population of 42.8% (23.5% national average). Among the largest cities are Zacatecas City, Fresnillo, Guadalupe, Jerez, Pinos, Sombrerete and Rio Grande, although the capital Zacatecas is by far the most significant. The state population is growing very slowly at only 0.2% per year (one fifth of the national average annual growth rate of 1.0%) due to massive migration of the working age population to the US and other neighbouring states. Consequently, the state is the largest recipient of remittances from abroad. In terms of educational attainment, it is far behind the national averages in both schooling years and in the proportion of its population over 15 years that completed secondary schooling.
The state of Yucatan is one of three states in the Southeast Mexican Peninsula (South- Southeast meso-region). It is the 15th largest in surface area and with a population of 1.9 million (1.8% of Mexico), it is the 18th most densely populated. Nevertheless, the state has a high share of its population in urban areas at 83% compared to a national average of 76.5%. Some of the state’s larger cities include Mérida, Valladolid, Puerto Progreso, Motul and Tizimín. The state population is growing notably faster than the national average (1.6% versus 1%). As the state is far from the US, it has a very low share of its adult population that has migrated there, a factor contributing to the relatively higher rates of population growth in the state. In terms of educational attainment, it is behind the national averages in both schooling years and in the proportion of its population over 15 years that has completed secondary schooling.
The paper is the first in a series of two papers mapping young people’s environmental sustainability competence in EU and OECD countries that were prepared as background for the forthcoming OECD Skills Outlook 2023 publication. The papers are the results of a collaboration between the OECD Centre for Skills and the European Commission - Joint Research Centre (Unit B4) on students’ environmental sustainability competence. The second paper is titled: ‘The environmental sustainability competence toolbox: From leaving a better planet to our children to leaving better children for our planet’.
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Improving the quality of education needs to be a political and social priority in Mexico. Higher levels of skills can contribute to strengthening social cohesion, development and economic growth. This chapter reviews the main achievements in the system, but also the challenges currently facing Mexico and the main reforms the country has fostered in basic education to overcome them. The last section reviews some of the conditions and pathways that can contribute to success in implementing much-needed reforms in Mexico.
This chapter presents the OECD framework to measure the drivers of well-being and assess disparities within a country. It details how this framework has been adapted in Mexico to develop a system of well-being indicators for the 31 Mexican states and the Federal District. The chapter also discusses the ways this statistical evidence can inform and shape policy in Mexico.
This policy brief was developed by the Secretariat of the OECD Network of Economic Regulators (NER) and is based on examples of practice submitted by members of the NER. It reviews emergency measures taken by economic regulators during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure continuity of services in network sectors, as well as to adjust regulatory practices and adapt governance arrangements. It identifies long-term questions and implications of the crisis with regard to market structure, infrastructure investment and the role of regulators.
Analysis of the current policy agenda for improving regional competitiveness and social cohesion in Yucatán must take into account the implications of recent political and economic transformations at both the national and state levels. Since the turn of the 21st century, both Mexico and Yucatán have experienced tremendous political and economic change. On the one hand, new forms of government, in Yucatán –and at the national level- have opened up new opportunities for more inclusive civic and political engagement. In addition, NAFTA and other free market policy reforms in Mexico and abroad have created unprecedented opportunities for some regions, while some others have lagged behind resulting in profoundly reconfigured economic landscapes, and concomitant livelihoods, throughout the country. On the other hand, due to political and economic change, policymakers at both state and national levels have devoted much of their energies in recent years to developing and implementing regulatory and institutional frameworks that were largely missing, poorly enforced, or improperly designed under previous administrations.