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The Linkage Between Population and Economic Growth in Mexico: A New Policy Proposal?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2022

Lorenzo Moreno
Lorenzo Moreno*
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Princeton University
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The Mexican government recently proposed as a medium-term objective that the minimum rate of economic growth should be twice the rate of population growth (Mexico, Presidencia de la República 1988). This proposal may indicate a renewed interest in Mexico in linking demographic variables to the economic and development issues of the country. In proposing such a target, the Mexican government seems to be suggesting that its long-term development plans will hinge on criteria that depart radically from those recently used to assess the performance of these plans. The proposal seems particularly revealing because it came from President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, who is an economist himself.

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Research Reports and Notes
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Latin American Research Review , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , 1991 , pp. 159 - 170
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Copyright © 1991 by the University of Texas Press

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I wish to thank Henry Beinen, Julie DaVanzo, Noreen Goldman, and Charles F. Westoff for their useful comments. The suggestions of two anonymous LARR referees are also gratefully acknowledged. Part of this research was carried out while the author was a Rand Corporation Visiting Fellow. It was funded by a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The views and opinions expressed in this document are entirely the responsibility of the author and do not represent those of the commentators, Princeton University, or the Rand Corporation.

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