Growth and social inclusion in rural-urban territories of Mexico ; Crecimiento e inclusión social en los territorios rurales-urbanos de México
Based on a classification of geographical spaces in functional territories, which consider the importance of urban areas and economic activity and their relationship with surrounding areas, this study advances in identifying the factors associated with growth and inclusion. It is shown in the descriptive section that almost 15% of the Mexican population lives in isolated rural territories, most of them with limited access to quality services, and only 26% of its population lives less than 90 minutes from localities of 100 thousand inhabitants or more. The analysis for 2010 quantified the gradient by which better relative levels of human capital and access to goods and services increase as the population size in urban areas of the functional territories grows. Analyzing the 2000-2010 period, it was found that a productive structure less intensive in agriculture and agro-industrial activities, greater availability of public goods and services, as well as higher degree of agglomeration, relate to territorial dynamics of non-inclusive economic growth (with increased inequality and/or poverty levels). On the contrary, a greater participation in agricultural and agro-industrial activities and better institutions and government proved to be associated with inclusive growth dynamics. These two results were obtained in both, linear regression and probit models. ; Partiendo de una clasificación de los espacios geográficos en territorios funcionales, que toman en cuenta la importancia de las áreas urbanas, de la actividad económica y de su relación con el entorno, este estudio avanza en identificar los factores asociados al crecimiento y a la inclusión. La parte descriptiva muestra que casi el 15% de la población mexicana vive en territorios rurales aislados, la mayoría de ellos con acceso limitado a servicios de calidad, y que sólo el 26% de esta población vive a menos de 90 minutos de localidades de 100 mil habitantes o más. El análisis para el año 2010 cuantificó el gradiente por el cual los mejores niveles relativos ...