Strengthening evidence-based policy making on security and justice in Mexico.

Security and justice are core responsibilities of the State, and the foundations of good governance and healthy democracies. Moreover, they are precursors to economic growth and competitiveness, with potential impacts on businesses' transaction costs and the quality of human capital. Generating...

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Corporate Authors: OECD Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Published: OECD,
Publisher Address: Paris :
Publication Dates: [2013]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: Security and justice are core responsibilities of the State, and the foundations of good governance and healthy democracies. Moreover, they are precursors to economic growth and competitiveness, with potential impacts on businesses' transaction costs and the quality of human capital. Generating and utillising evidence on security and justice therefore is key to strengthening justice sector performance and reducing crime. This can pose a challenge to governments however as crime is a distrinctly territorial phenomenon, particularly in Mexico. This study offers a framework to treat security.
Item Description: "This report was commissioned by the Ministry of Economy of Mexico and written by the OECD's Directorate of Public Governance and Territorial Development in close partnership with the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO-Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad A.C.)."--Page 4.
Carrier Form: 161 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9789264190443 :
9264190449
Index Number: HV9960
CLC: D773.188
Call Number: D773.188/S915