Social Protection Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean: Mexico

“In terms of rights, the Mexican social protection system (MSPS) has been relatively ineffective; it is incomplete, weakly integrated, segmented and stratified, weak in terms of labour protection and conservative in its gender approach, and, furthermore, it is also fiscally weak. Alongside social se...

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Author: Lomelí, Enrique Valencia
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2015
Country:Brasil
Institution:Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA)
Repository:Repositório Institucional da IPEA (RCIpea)
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/15721
Online Access:https://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/15721
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Social Protection Systems
Latin America
Caribbean
Mexico
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Summary:“In terms of rights, the Mexican social protection system (MSPS) has been relatively ineffective; it is incomplete, weakly integrated, segmented and stratified, weak in terms of labour protection and conservative in its gender approach, and, furthermore, it is also fiscally weak. Alongside social security and educational organisations, institutions of social protection for poor people have recently been created. However, enormous challenges still remain for the MSPS to guarantee social rights. Limited advances in the progressivity of rights, which have come with the creation of new institutions, may maintain levels of profound inequality, without the universalisation of benefits.”(…)