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IPS246 Oscar Gasca Brito
In Mexico, the level of well-being of people can be very different depending
on the place considered. The disparities among the Mexican states in matters
of health, safety, education and civic participation are among the five largest
of the OECD countries. As in other OECD regions, several Mexican states have
launched initiatives to improve the welfare of their citizens, developing metrics
to monitor the progress of society and the results of its policy. A crucial asset
to help make these initiatives effective is to develop a solid system of welfare
indicators at the state level, which makes it possible to compare living
conditions between states and internationally and monitor how this condition
evolves.
At the regional level, in August 2013, the state of Morelos, in collaboration
with the OECD and INEGI, undertook the project "Use of well-being indicators
for the design of public policies: State of Morelos, Mexico", which represents
a case of pilot study, applicable to other Mexican states, and which provides a
welfare analysis at the federative level based on an international framework,
as well as tools that allow knowing how to use welfare measures to improve
the results of public policies. This collaboration consisted, within the
framework of the initiative "What is life like in your region?", In identifying the
appropriate dimensions and welfare measures for the entity, through a
process of consultation with relevant local actors, and the identification of the
information available for the development of welfare indicators, as well as
information needs.

3. Results
As a result of this collaboration, the OECD delivered the study to the state
of Morelos: use of welfare indicators for the design of public policies: state of
Morelos, Mexico, which provides a diagnosis of the welfare state, as well as a
battery of 19 indicators classified in 10 dimensions, according to the
methodology implemented by the OECD for the study as well as a series of
recommendations for the entity. Consequently, the state of Morelos was the
state that accompanied the INEGI in the definition of the battery of indicators
based on the experience acquired with the OECD.
In Morelos, the State Development Plan (PED) 2013-2018 was developped
through a Citizen Consultation Process and had the main objective of building
a society of rights to improve the welfare of citizens. In order to follow up on
the objectives of the PED, 72 indicators were included in the five strategic axes
of the Plan:
· Safety and Justice,
· Social cohesion and citizenship,
· Competitiveness and Innovation,
· Sustainability of the environment,
· Transparency and democratic participation

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