Mexico's welfare policies helped 13.4M people out of poverty

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/18/mexico-welfare-policies-amlo

by worik • 11 months ago

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worik2• 11 months ago

Universal benefits are an effective poverty reduction tool.

Well, duh!

sema4hacker• 11 months ago

2018: $4.75/day minimum wage, nearly 52 million people living below the poverty line, 9 million in extreme poverty, 20.1 million with no access to health services.
2024: $15/day minimum wage, 38.6 million living below the poverty line, 7 million in extreme poverty, 44 million with no access to health services.

worik2• 11 months ago

That was part of it

The Universal payments to over 65 year olds is the Universal part

toomuchtodo• 11 months ago

How Mexico Doubled the Minimum Wage - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44936147 - August 2025

ro_bit• 11 months ago

Why did the “no access to health services” figure double?

nis0s• 11 months ago

That’s great considering there are 53M displaced internally due to a number of reasons. I’ve also seen that number cited at 14M.

https://borgenproject.org/homelessness-in-mexico/

https://mexicobusiness.news/talent/news/homeless-mexico-face...

Mexico's welfare policies helped 13.4M people out of poverty

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