http://www.theworld.org/2013/02/mexico-manufacturing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mexico-manufacturing Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.theworld.org/2013/02/mexico-manufacturing/comment-page-1/#comment-27819 Keith Dannemiller Thu, 07 Feb 2013 16:44:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=160444#comment-27819 "There are a lot of others like Muñoz. According to the World Bank, 17 percent of Mexico’s population joined the middle class between 2003 and 2009, now making up almost a quarter of the population."  Unfortunately, the complete picture is not presented here by this 17% increase. Of all LatAm countries this figure put Mexico squarely in the third to the last position. Only Nicaragua and Honduras had less upward mobility. Not exactly something to crow about. “There are a lot of others like Muñoz. According to the World Bank, 17 percent of Mexico’s population joined the middle class between 2003 and 2009, now making up almost a quarter of the population.”  Unfortunately, the complete picture is not presented here by this 17% increase. Of all LatAm countries this figure put Mexico squarely in the third to the last position. Only Nicaragua and Honduras had less upward mobility. Not exactly something to crow about.

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