Institutional Reform and Manpower Development in Mexico

The government of Mexico is committed to educational advancement and major transformation of industrial, agricultural, and energy sectors of the economy. Agricultural success has been the most impressive. Between the 1930s and the 1960s, corn yields per hectare improved 52%, and wheat production far...

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Published in:Journal of economic issues 1983-03, Vol.17 (1), p.17-33
Main Author: Street, James H.
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Agricultural development
Agricultural production
Children
Culture
Development
Economic development
Education
Formal education
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Manpower utilization
Mexico
Population
Programs
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State universities
Subsistence farming
Technology policy
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subjects Agricultural development
Agricultural production
Children
Culture
Development
Economic development
Education
Formal education
Higher education
Institutional
Manpower utilization
Mexico
Population
Programs
Reforms
State universities
Subsistence farming
Technology policy
Universities
Wheat
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