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OECD Economics Department Working Papers

Working papers from the Economics Department of the OECD that cover the full range of the Department’s work including the economic situation, policy analysis and projections; fiscal policy, public expenditure and taxation; and structural issues including ageing, growth and productivity, migration, environment, human capital, housing, trade and investment, labour markets, regulatory reform, competition, health, and other issues.

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Harnessing nearshoring opportunities in Mexico by boosting productivity and fighting climate change

Mexico has large potential to boost its productivity and attract investment from companies looking to relocate their operations to North America. It also has an historic opportunity to spread the benefits of trade throughout the country, integrate SMEs more forcefully into value chains and to create more and better value chain linkages. Nearshoring is also an opportunity to step up efforts to address and mitigate climate change. Fully realising these opportunities will require addressing long standing challenges related to transport and digital connectivity, regulations, the rule of law, renewable energy and water scarcity.

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Keywords: Digitalization, Rule of Law, Productivity, Logistics, renewables, Nearshoring, Competition, Trade, Water
JEL: L96: Industrial Organization / Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities / Telecommunications; Q25: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics / Renewable Resources and Conservation / Renewable Resources and Conservation: Water; B27: History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches / History of Economic Thought since 1925 / History of Economic Thought since 1925: International Trade and Finance; K42: Law and Economics / Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior / Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law; Q4: Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics / Energy; L41: Industrial Organization / Antitrust Issues and Policies / Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
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