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January 2, 2025
President-elect Trump has threatened mass deportations and greater border securitization, which could affect remittances to Mexico and LAC. However, it is a very unlikely scenario because it would affect the U.S. economy that depends on migrant labor force and increase inflation in that country.
December 6, 2024
In a context of extinction of the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development (Coneval), as the agency in charge of measuring poverty among other evaluation activities, this note presents some of the results of labor poverty as of the third quarter of 2024 published last December 3.
December 2, 2024
The information is as of the close of October 31, 2024, before the presidential elections in the United States were held and President Trump's victory was announced. Therefore, there is no possible "Trump" effect in this data.
September 2, 2024
Remittances have been volatile over the past five months. Increases have been reported in two of them (April and June, even months) and declines in three months (March, May and July, odd months). In August, the peso depreciated 5.4%, so the next remittance report is expected to show growth.
August 30, 2024
This report presents the multidimensional poverty for municipalities in Mexico between 2010 and 2020. The study reveals a decline in poverty levels across 70.3% of the municipalities, though it also identifies significant variations in urban areas and highlights shortcomings in health services and educational coverage.
August 29, 2024
It is estimated that 12.3 million Mexican migrants reside in the world. 97.0%, more than 12 million, reside in the United States. This makes Mexico the second most important country of origin. 1 in 23 migrants worldwide are of Mexican origin.
August 8, 2024
This report examines the trends in U.S. development aid, focusing on the share allocated to Latin America and the Caribbean. It also analyzes how resources have been directed towards environmental issues, comparing the approaches of Presidents Trump and Biden.
August 1, 2024
The depreciation of the Mexican peso (MXN) against the dollar (USD) of 7.6% in June may partly explain this observed increase in remittances. Mexicans abroad take advantage of this temporary rise to send more dollars, which translates into more pesos for their relatives.
July 2, 2024
In the 2024-I quarter, on average, the population in labor poverty was able to cover only 42.3% of the food basket with their labor income. In Baja California, Guerrero and Oaxaca, people in labor poverty can purchase less than 1/3 of the food basket.
July 1, 2024
In the last 5 years, the effect of “Mother's Day” drove the arrival of 6.5% more remittances in the month of May, compared to the trend marked by the adjacent months of April and June. In 2024, this translates into an amount close to 364 million more dollars in remittances.
