Poverty Has Increased in Jalisco During the Last Decade El Informador
go to original December 20, 2021

Between 2010 and 2020, with all the social programs promoted by the federal government, poverty increased in 22 municipalities in Jalisco, according to the latest measurement of the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Policy and Development (Coneval).

This means that the programs or actions of three six-year federal administrations did not result in fewer poor people and this problem increased in Tlajomulco, Tonalá, El Salto, Zapopan, Ixtlahuacán de los Membrillos, Juanacatlán, Puerto Vallarta and Lagos de Moreno. Also in municipalities such as Tequila and Chapala, among others. And the emblem is Mezquitic, where eight out of every 10 inhabitants live in poverty.

Mezquitic, Atemajac de Brizuela and Chiquilistlán are the poorest, while Mezquitic remains the municipality with the highest percentage of people living in poverty in Jalisco.

At the end of last year, 17,769 inhabitants had this problem, out of a total of 22,186 registered in the municipality; that is, eight out of every 10, according to information from Coneval.

This is serious, as the problems of social deprivation in this mostly indigenous town, located in the northern region of the state, have not been reversed. Social programs have no impact on reducing poverty.

In 2010, six out of every 10 inhabitants of Mezquitic were living in poverty, which shows the increase.

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This article was translated from Spanish using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process.

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