Social Accounting Matrix on the Base of the Mexican System of National Accounting

Is the Poverty of the Country a Consequence of the Structure of the Mexican Economy?

“…The objective of this paper is to present the multiplier decomposition method [4,5] applied to a social accounting matrix 7] built for 2012 and to focus it on the analysis of poverty alleviation using the FosterGreer-Thorbecke index [8]. The SAM-MX12 is based on the Mexican System of National Accounts (SCNM-MX) and includes the inputoutput matrix (IOT-MX12) as intermediate consumption [6,9] and the tariff databases were coupled with the North America Industrial Classification System, NAICS 2007 code [10][11][12].More information on the construction of SAM can be found in the previous papers [13,14].In the Official Journal of the Federation dated 16 of 2010, the general guidelines and criteria for the definition, identification and measurement of poverty are established. National Council for Evaluation of Social Development Policy (CONEVAL) defines that a person is in multidimensional poverty when he is not guaranteed the exercise of at least one of his rights for social development, and if his income is insufficient to acquire the goods and services that he needs to satisfy his needs.…”