Combate a la pobreza y percepciones de beneficiarios en la frontera sur de México

Abstract

The Mexico-Belize border presents a complex network of situations to the detriment of development, accentuated by the prevailing poverty. PROGRESA, as a social inclusion program, reached the poorest to help counteract the unfavorable socioeconomic situation they face. The objective of this article is to analyze the perception of beneficiaries in the fight against poverty in said border. Through qualitative research techniques, under the non-experimental, interpretive model, it was established that the perception generated by the now-defunct program is not entirely positive, since not all favored extreme poverty families improved their living conditions. life, its most pressing needs were not fully met and were not considered for its design, among other problems evidenced. This is how the results obtained expose a situation to be considered by other social assistance programs and conditional transfers, which combat poverty and consider the target population as passive subjects. In addition, it is a democratic exercise of empowerment of the population that has an assessment of government actions, an exercise unthinkable in authoritarian, corrupt and inefficient states. It is concluded that it is necessary to redirect social development policies, undertaking actions that complement monetary transfers.