Economic Concern

The economic concern I chose for this project was population growth I based my research using two different countries Mexico and the second country I used was the United States.  Both countries have had growth I would say Mexico growth rate was much higher as the chart below will show, but they are showing a trend of reducing the numbers faster then the United States over the last few years.  Growth is recognized as a key driving force of change to an environment, this holds true especially in developing countries.  Mexico has adopted an aggressive family planning program; this planning initiative produced a fundamental change in attitudes that continues reducing the fertility rate among the population of Mexico.  The age for which the woman is have a child has increase by almost three years.  
     Mexico has a free market economy using a mixture of modern and older industry and agriculture, increasingly dominated by the private sector.  The Government has expanded the open competition of the railroad, seaports, telecommunications, electricity generation and natural gas.  The government of Mexico is aware of the need to grow the infrastructure as the population grows, along with modernize other things such as tax laws, and labor laws.  Mexico continues to recover from recent recession ongoing economics and social concerns include low wages, unemployment or questionable income distribution.  The Government was not pleased with the growth based on the results from NAFTA so they open the doors for other countries in attempt to increase trade and stimulate more growth at a faster pace.   The attempt to shift the population outside of the big cities has become a challenge with the lack of growth o ...
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