The Mexican government is doing a lot to promote development and mitigate the harms resulting from migration. They have many programs from different government agencies, most notably from the Secretariats for Economic and Social Development (Sedesol), for the Economy, for Agricultural Reform, the Environment, for Agriculture (w/o reform) and even for Tourism. Here are the first few I could readily find. States and municipal governments have their own programs. Calderon strongly supports microcredit, small business startup financing and all sorts of business development incubators projects, here are a few, most have English versions.
“Microregiones” program “Farmworkers” program “3 for 1” program (for Mexican immigrants) “Youth for Mexico” program (social service in support of the “Microregiones” program) “Rural Microcredit” program “State Incentives” program (subsidies for state government programs) “Habitat” program Small scale housing loans “Social Coinvestment” program Financing for agricultural development "Indigenous” program “Gender Equity & Sustainable Development in the Environment” program “Sustainable Development Advisory Bodies” program “Farm Subsidies” program “Magical Towns” program Federal funding for regional touristic development
“Family Business” program:
http://<br />
http://aplicaciones.e...ryText=FAMPYME
“Microcredit for Rural Women” program:
http://<br />
http://aplicaciones.e...eryText=FOMMUR
“March South” program:
http://www.economia.gob.mx/index.jsp?P=353
“Compite” program (technological innovation):
http://<br />
http://aplicaciones.e...ryText=COMPITE
“Microcredit” program:
http://<br />
http://aplicaciones.e...t=Microcredito Agricultural Commercialization Support program Cattle Support program
Farm Diesel subsidy program:
http://www.procampo.gob.mx/present_diesel.html
From the article on Mexican corruption, something I mentioned myself:
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Indeed, the rapidly growing giant economies of China and India are more corrupt than Mexico. But the ubiquity of corruption does not make it any less costly to low-income countries.
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Something to consider when considering how endemic the practice:
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Once embedded in the economic practices of a country, corruption is enormously difficult to remove. That is not because people are necessarily more tolerant or forgiving of corruption in a country where it is common than where it is rare.
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And how it affects everyone:
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My own friends in Mexico and Bangladesh are angry and bitter at the corrupt practices that make their lives difficult too. Who suffers when valuables cannot be sent through the mail and when insider connections and side payments are the way to get routine public services? Ordinary citizens suffer.
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The problem:
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Corruption creates a "prisoners' dilemma." If everyone becomes honest, everyone will be better off. But if some people are taking bribes, then there is a strong incentive for his colleagues to follow until everyone is corrupt. And then, how does one get to the more desirable situation where nobody is corrupt?
In the end, most countries will muddle through, as the industrialized countries have done over the course of the last 200 years.
They did set the example that it is possible to evolve from undemocratic, corruption-plagued systems to less corrupt places where people to go to the police for help —instead of hiding when they see a policeman.
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