Abstract

During the past two decades, national economic and political crises have threatened livelihoods and localities in rural Mexico. However, household-level data from agrarian reform communities studied in 1984 and 1996 show substantial improvement in standards of living. Increased remittance flows provided liquidity for investment in local production as well as household consumption. Increased labor force participation by women and community activism also sustained livelihoods and welfare improvements. Despite deepening structural inequalities, rural people invested in a future for local production. Recommendations center on realizing the economic and social potential demonstrated in such communities through increased public investment in rural infrastructures.Durante los últimos dos decenios, las crisis económicas y políticas han amenazado a los medios de supervivencia y los pueblos del México rural. Sin embargo, datos hogareños en ejidos estudiados en 1984 y 1996 muestran mejorías sustanciales en los niveles de vida. Aumentos en los flujos de remesas ofrecieron la liquidez para la inversión en la producción local y el consumo. Las mujeres contribuyeron a los ingresos y al bienestar mediante una mayor participación laboral y activismo comunitario. A pesar de crecientes desigualdades estructurales, la población rural invirtió en la producción local para el futuro. Las recomendaciones se centran en aprovechar el potencial social y económico demostrado en estas comunidades mediante mayores inversiones en infraestructura rural.

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