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Mexico
Mexico
Doing Business in Latin America
Petra Volk
Anja Dezman
Radu Ciocoiu
Andrea Vornberger
Mexico
Introduction
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General information about Mexico
Economic Situation
Political Situation
Cultural Situation
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United Mexican States
Mexico
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Capital
Language
Government
President Vicente Fox Quesada
Independence From Spain
- Declared September 16, 1810
-Recognized September 27, 1821
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Mexico
• Area
- Total 1,972,550 km²
• Population
2006 estimate
-107,784,179
• GDP (PPP)
2005 estimate
- Total $1.073 trillion
- Per capita $10,186
• Currency
•Picture: Mexico City, Angel of Independence
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Economic Situation of Mexico 1
In 2005:
Mexico
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Growth: ca. 3%
GDP: 10,186 US Dollar
Rate of inflation: 3.3 %
Upper middle income country
10th biggest country of the world (in GDP)
12th biggest trading nation
13 free trade agreements with 43 countries (NAFTA, EU,...)
Most business done in the center and capital (40 % of GDP)
Industrial centers: Nuevo Leon (Monterrey) 7,2 %, Jalisco 6,4
% (Guadalajara) and Veracruz 4% of total GDP
• Productive power/ activity:
- Services 69 %, industriel production 27 %, agricultutre 4%
• FDI: 17 mrd. US Dollar
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Economic Situation of Mexico 2
Mexico
• High inequality (rural population very poor: 10% less than 1$
per day, 26% less than 2 $ per day, indigenous 80%)
• Poorest 40% have 11% of GDP
• Low real wages
• Corruption Perceptions Index of Transparency International:
Mexico on place 65 of 159 – high corruption
• High HDI (Human Development Index): 0.814 (from 0 to 1)
• Open system of competition, but:
• Few very big state-led companies:
- Pemex (Petróleos Mexicanos)
- CFE (Comisión Federal de Electricidad)
• MNE`s like Telmex, Cemex, Readymix, Banamex,...
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Political Environment in Mexico (1)
Mexico
• Mexico is a federal presidential representative,
democratic republic
• President is both head of state and head of
government
• Current President : Felipe Calderon (won
elections in July
• 2006) – serving a 6-year term
• Re-elections are banned by the Revolutionary
Constitution of 1917
• Mexican Executive Cabinet: 18 Secretaries of
State + Head of federal legal office + Attorney
General
• Political Constitution of Mexico (1917)
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Political Environment in Mexico (2)
Mexico
National Political Parties
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National Action Party (PAN)
Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD)
Labour Party (PT – 1990)
Green Ecological Party of Mexico (PVEM)
Convergence (1997)
Social Democratic & Farmer Alternative (July
2005)
New Alliance (July 2005)
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CULTURE
Mexico
• Standard of living
• Leisure
• Broadcast media
•Picture: A woman dancing folklórico in the traditional dress of Jalisco
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• Sport
• Religion
• Food
•Picture: Guadalajara Cathedral by night
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Thank you for your attention!
Sources:
•www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico/politics.html
•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico#Culture
•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico#Economy
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