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Mexico's Social Policy Response to Covid-19: A Path of Minimal Action
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Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
Universität Bremen, SFB 1342 Globale Entwicklungsdynamiken von Sozialpolitik / CRC 1342 Global Dynamics of Social Policy
Abstract This report offers an analysis of the Mexican federal government’s social policy response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The report provides an overview of developments in six policy areas where change associated with the pandemic can be observed: healthcare, pensions, family benefits, education, the lab... mehr
This report offers an analysis of the Mexican federal government’s social policy response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The report provides an overview of developments in six policy areas where change associated with the pandemic can be observed: healthcare, pensions, family benefits, education, the labour market and housing. This analysis across policy areas shows that the Mexican government’s response does not correspond to the dimensions of the crisis. Apart from healthcare, few new specific measures have been introduced. The government has largely decided to respond to the pandemic with the group of new programmes created during 2019, as a result of an overhaul of the country’s social policy. However, the potential of those programmes to deal with the pandemic’s effects could well be limited, since it is not even clear yet if they represent cases of welfare expansion or retrenchment compared to previous programmes. At the same time, proposals from civil society and opposition parties to introduce comprehensive basic income schemes have been ignored. If the path of minimal action is not rectified, grim social, economic and political consequences await Mexican society in the foreseeable future.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Mexiko; Sozialpolitik; Gesundheitspolitik; Epidemie; Public Health; Rente; soziale Unterstützung; Sozialhilfe; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Finanzhilfe; Sozialleistung; Wohnungspolitik; Lateinamerika
Klassifikation
soziale Sicherung
Gesundheitspolitik
Freie Schlagwörter
Pandemic; Covid-19; Corona virus
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2021
Erscheinungsort
Bremen
Seitenangabe
32 S.
Schriftenreihe
CRC 1342 Covid-19 Social Policy Response Series, 5
ISSN
2702-6744
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 3.0