Public-Private Partnerships in Mexico: Structural Corruption, Subcontracting and Indebtedness

The objective of the present work is to analyze the political, social and economic impact of Public Private Associations (PPPs) in the public sector of Mexico. The research will be descriptive and documentary. The economic reforms in Mexico will be documented and described from the 1990s to the pres...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: López Toache, Vania, Romero Amado, Jorge, Martínez de Ita, María Eugenia
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Economía y Finanzas 2018
Materias:
G38
G32
H63
F3
F34
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/acteconomica/article/view/21295
Aporte de:
Descripción
Sumario:The objective of the present work is to analyze the political, social and economic impact of Public Private Associations (PPPs) in the public sector of Mexico. The research will be descriptive and documentary. The economic reforms in Mexico will be documented and described from the 1990s to the present, as well as a quantitative analysis of the types of projects and companies that dominate the PPP´s market in Mexico, data on public indebtedness and qualitative information of the most representative cases of political corruption and labor subcontracting. Among the main findings found is that investments in the public sector through these schemes have gained spaces corresponding to public functions, particularly the State perform. This political agenda of privatization has had negative consequences in Mexico, due to the multiple cases of corruption, labor subcontracting and public indebtedness.