Tag: Mexico
During the Fox sexenio (2000-2006) the Mexican state embarked on the Intercultural Universities (Universidades Interculturales) for mature and postsecondary students, in state-sponsored attempts to overcome the social and cultural exclusion of indigenous peoples in Latin America. This experiment offered a unique opportunity to explore what is meant by a concept, interculturalidad, which has become steadily more prominent in Latin… Read more
Background Mexico’s conditional cash transfer programme, Oportunidades, was started to improve the lives of poor families through interventions in health, nutrition, and education. We investigated the effect of Oportunidades on children almost 10 years after the programme began. Methods From April, 1998, to October, 1999, low-income communities were randomly assigned to be enrolled in Oportunidades… Read more