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020 |a 9781513519043 
245 0 0 |a Mexico  |b Selected Issues 
260 |a Washington, D.C.  |b International Monetary Fund  |c 2019 
300 |a 42 pages 
651 4 |a Mexico 
653 |a National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures 
653 |a Capital investments 
653 |a Total expenditures 
653 |a Social protection spending 
653 |a Public finance & taxation 
653 |a Infrastructure 
653 |a Investments: Energy 
653 |a National Government Expenditures and Education 
653 |a Education spending 
653 |a Other Public Investment and Capital Stock 
653 |a Petroleum industry and trade 
653 |a National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General 
653 |a Expenditure 
653 |a National Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs 
653 |a Business Taxes and Subsidies 
653 |a Oil and gas leases 
653 |a Expenditures, Public 
653 |a Prices 
653 |a Capital spending 
653 |a Macroeconomics 
653 |a Tax administration and procedure 
653 |a Investment & securities 
653 |a Taxation 
653 |a Public Finance 
710 2 |a International Monetary Fund  |b Western Hemisphere Dept 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b IMF  |a International Monetary Fund 
490 0 |a IMF Staff Country Reports 
028 5 0 |a 10.5089/9781513519043.002 
856 4 0 |u https://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2019/337/002.2019.issue-337-en.xml?cid=48789-com-dsp-marc  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 330 
520 |a This Selected Issues paper shows that upgrading basic public infrastructure, and road infrastructure, raises productivity among firms, not only for large companies but also for Mexico’s large number of small and micro firms. This finding suggests that greater government spending on road infrastructure will support efforts to raise productivity and growth over the medium term. Mexico’s infrastructure quality has been on a steady decline. World Economic Forum indicators of perceived infrastructure quality show Mexico broadly in line with—or even outperforming—its emerging market and regional peers. Infrastructure quality and access are likely to weaken further at current investment rates. Spending trends compare particularly poorly to investment needs in the case of roads investment. According to the Global Competitiveness Index, the perceived quality of Mexico’s transportation infrastructure is broadly in line with peers. The note provides evidence of the role of infrastructure investment in boosting productivity