Mexico's welfare policies helped 13.4M people out of poverty

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sema4hacker · 2h ago

> 2018: $4.75/day minimum wage, nearly 52 million people living below the poverty line, 9 million in extreme poverty, 20.1 million with no access to health services.

> 2024: $15/day minimum wage, 38.6 million living below the poverty line, 7 million in extreme poverty, 44 million with no access to health services.

ro_bit · 35m ago

Why did the “no access to health services” figure double?

toomuchtodo · 1h ago

How Mexico Doubled the Minimum Wage - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44936147 - August 2025

worik · 2h ago

That was part of it

The Universal payments to over 65 year olds is the Universal part

nis0s · 1h ago

That’s great considering there are 53M displaced internally due to a number of reasons. I’ve also seen that number cited at 14M.

https://borgenproject.org/homelessness-in-mexico/

https://mexicobusiness.news/talent/news/homeless-mexico-face...

worik · 2h ago

Universal benefits are an effective poverty reduction tool.

Well, duh!

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Mexico's welfare policies helped 13.4M people out of poverty

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