Mexico’s three least attractive states for investment, according to one estimate, are in the region. In Chiapas three-quarters of people are poor and its residents are the least educated in the country
and in central Mexico churn out cars, aerospace parts and medical devices. By contrast the south has yet to find a productive niche. Chiapas is among the country’s three least attractive states for investment, according to, a think-tank. The other two, Guerrero and Oaxaca, are also in the south. In Chiapas three-quarters of people are poor, according to a measure which takes into account access to services .
At the same time, the United States government is investing in Central America and southern Mexico, in the hope that this might reduce emigration. Organisations funded by, the government’s development arm, work with farmers such as Mr Gamboa to help them grow more and better crops, and to connect them to buyers. In JulyMexico’s southern states suffer from many problems. For a start, they are farther from the United States, the main market for Mexican goods.
Similarly the Maya train is opposed by many of the people whose fields or villages it will despoil. A better use of government funds would be to improve local infrastructure such as the electricity grid, to make sure people have a reliable and affordable energy supply. Mr Gamboa grumbles that his village only got power in 2019.
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