National and Sub-National Innovations in Social Policy in Mexico: Evaluation and Analysis

Session Submission Type: Panel

Abstract

Numerous social policy reforms have been implemented by federal, state and municipal governments in recent years to address persistent problems of poverty and inequality and the escalation of violence in Mexico. This panel highlights different aspects of recent reforms. These include new institutional arrangements for evaluation, reforms to the conditional cash transfer program, and innovative approaches to social policy that address such concerns as violence reduction, land use policy and labour market adjustment. These papers will apply distinct disciplinary and theoretical perspectives to analyzing the nature of recent changes and the prospects for more democratic and transparent practices.

Sub Track

• Economics and Social Policies

Chair

• Silke L Staab, UN Women

Individual Presentations

• What´s Next After Fifteen Years of Conditional Cash Transfers in Mexico? - Pablo E Yanes, ECLAC

• La Cruzada Nacional contra el Hambre y la seguridad alimentaria: primeros resultados - Iliana Yaschine Arroyo, PUED-UNAM; Sara M Ochoa Leon, UNAM; Citlalli Hernández, Independent researcher

• Intersections of Social Policy and Citizen Security in Mexico City - Laura C Macdonald, Carleton University; Lucy Luccisano, Wilfrid Laurier University

• Land Use Regularization as Social Policy in Mexico City - Jill Wigle, Carleton University

Discussant

• Jonathan A Fox, American University