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Marginalization in Mexico by localities

Marginalization statistics

State National Micro Regions

Total population 97.4 mill 19.9 mill

% Illiterate population 15 years and older 9.5% 23.2%

% Population without primary studies 15 years and older

28.5% 51.9%

% Inhabitants without drainage or exclusive sanitary service

9.9% 27.5%

% Inhabitants without electricity 4.8% 15.4%

% Inhabitants without tapped water 11.2% 30.3%

% Homes with any level of crowding 45.9% 62.1%

% Inhabitants with soil floors 14.8% 41.5%

% Population earning up to 2 minimum wages

51.0% 76.4%

It is a work form spearheaded by the joint efforts of the three levels of government and the civil society, in order to lower the stagnation in localities with chronic marginalization conditions, through the active and protagonist participation of such communities in their own development.

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19.9million people inhabit

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1,335municipalities

31states

263Micro Regions

99,891localities

62,238localities with less

than 50 inhabitants

Micro Regions Universe

Rural areas with ethnic, cultural and geo-economic identity

Accentuated migratory movements

Environmental degradation processes

Subsistence economy

Scattered population

Isolation

Absence of production-consumption circuits

Social conflicts

Inaccessibility

Chronic stagnation processes

Highly dependant on subsidies and transferences

What a Micro Region is

Territorial approach Generation of territorial hubs (Strategic Community Center (SCC)/ Centros Estratégicos Comunitarios (CEC) Bottom-up approach/ place based/ endogenous process Inter institutional Coordination

14 Federal Ministries State governments Municipal governments Civil society organizations Business community Universities and research institutions

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Strategy Community

Center

Federal Ministries

Municipalities

Community Participation

CivilSociety

White FlagsStates

How does the Strategy operate?

Basic social services and infrastructure

Eco- efficiency

Productive and economic development

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Tapped waterRoadLocal urban plan Patrimony legalizationLocal Development AgencyQualification for agrarian subjects

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Water-related resources conservationSoil conservationReforestationPreservation of biodiversityDesertification control

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Basic food-stuffs provisionPersonal legalizationBasic electric supplySavings Telephone servicePublic service of computersand Internet Health

3Labor qualificationConsensus for association

4Basic education serviceDraining

5Cement floor

6Producers association for marketing

Actions associated to Economical Projects

Integral Policy

Provide local authorities with basic skills and information

Critical factors and challenges in the short run

Enrich NGOs work -skills, vision and reach- as Local Development Agencies (LDA)

Impulse cooperatives, associations and intermunicipal links

Improve the accessibility of financial funds for productive projects

Implement a Micro Regional Development Process

Appropriation by communities of the development and planning mechanisms while strengthening local skills

Critical factors and challenges in the long run

Development of agglomeration economies in SCC localities that enables the escalation process of regional economies

Application of an integral policy that increases territorial competitiveness and sustainable development

Generate information that allows a periodic evaluation of the dynamic of territorial strengths

Break the cycles that hinder rural development

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