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Mexico & Nafta - October 2005 (ISSN 1741-444X)
MEXICO & THE OECD: Lagging behind
Mexico is still by far the poorest member of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, to which it has belonged for 10 years. The OECD pointed out that although Mexico was better-off than 10 years ago, the government has missed out on harnessing the oil boom to overhaul education and improve the country's productivity. The OECD has also had some sharp things to say about the way the Mexican legal system encourages the informal sector. On 12 October the OECD pointed out that Mexico's spending on research and development was by far the lowest in the OECD at 2.2% of GDP.
- López Obrador pulls ahead, above the fray
- POLITICS: PRI primary gets off to a rocky start
- THE PAN: Creel in trouble
- CABINET RESHUFFLE: Fox promotes spy chief to security minister
- VIOLENCE: Gang killings top 1,000
- THE CHURCH: More links with the drug trade
- MEXICO & THE OECD: Lagging behind
- THE ECONOMY: Central bank changes policy, probably too late
- IMMIGRATION: Border death toll surges
- HURRICANE KATRINA: The economic effects of Hurricane Katrina
- NAFTA'S ECONOMIC BENEFITS: Productivity growth disappointing
- BRIEFS: Sweeteners; Texas; TFM