Basic Statistics of Mexico
Executive Summary
Assessment and Recommendations
-Bibliography
-Annex 1.A1. Progress in Structural Reform
Chapter 1. Macroeconomic and Structural Policies to Further Stabilise the Economy
-The recession of 2008-9 in international perspective
-Macroeconomic policies could contribute more to output stabilisation
-Structural policy reforms would enhance the economy's capacity to withstand shocks
-Concluding remarks
-Annex 1.A1. Monetary policy response function
-Annex 1.A2. Foreign exchange demand equation
Chapter 2. Fiscal reform for a stronger, fairer and cleaner Mexican economy
-Main challenges
-Improving spending efficiency
-Broadening the tax base
-Concluding remarks
Chapter 3. Structural reforms in regulatory, competition, and education policies to achieve faster productivity growth
-Improving regulation can have a significant impact on productivity growth
-Mexico is making efforts to ease business regulations
-Mexico needs more competition to spur growth and improve consumer welfare
-Better education would enhance economic growth andthe well-being of Mexico's citizens
Chapter 4. Informality
-An active strategy to fight informality is warrented
-Informality can be a symptom, but also a cause of lower productivity
-Policy reforms are needed to reduce informality and enhance productivity