state project mexico

SkyeMajka2AStateProject:Mexico

Comprisedof31statesandonefederaldistrict,thenationof

MexicoishometotheworldslargestpopulationofSpanishspeakers.BorderedbytheUnitedStatestothenorthandBelizeandGuatemalatothesoutheast,MexicoisthenorthmostcountryinLatinAmericaandisaslightlyelongatedstatewithabasictriangularshape.TherestofthecountryissurroundedbyoceansandatthecenterofMexicoisahighplateau,opentothenorth,withmountainchainsontheeastandwestandwithoceanfrontlowlandsbeyond.Mexicossiteandsituation

affectsitseconomybecauseofitscloseproximitytotheU.S.,itsmanyportsandplantationsaswellasthelargetouristindustry.Theexchangerateis12.76Mexicanpesos=1U.S.dollar.In2013theGDP(purchasingpowerparody)oraverageincomeis$15,600.Mexicohasexperiencedalltheeffects,bothgoodandbad,ofalargeandexpandingtourist

trade.Tourism'snegativeconsequencesinclude,butarenotlimitedtoeconomicdependency,crime,culturalbreakdown.TheseproblemoccurmostlyintouristghettosalongMexico'snorthernborder,ontheMexicanRiviera,andinthecapital.

Currently,thepresidentofMexicoisEnriquePeaNieto,whowaselectedin2012.AsofNovemberof2014,thebirthratewas19.02/1000,the

infantmortalityratewas12.58/1000,thelifeexpectancywas75.43years,andthenetmigrationratewas1.64migrant(s)/1,000population.DuetoMexicosproximitytotheborderoftheU.S.andthehighavailabilityofworkinthestates,themajorityofoutmigrationfromMexicooccursbecauseMexicansmovetoplaceslikeCaliforniaandTexas.Californiacurrentlyhouses11,423,000immigrantswithTexasholding7,951,000.ManyMexicansfromrural

communitiesmigratetoAmerica,themajoritybeingmaleswhomovetofindjobsandthensendmoneybacktotheirfamiliesinMexico.TheDemographicTransitionModelisaprocessthathasbeginning,middleandendstagesthataredependentonthedevelopmentandotherthingssuchastheCBR(crudebirthrate)ofeachcountry.Mexicoisinstage3withmoderatepopulationgrowthandlowerbirthrates.RostowsDevelopmentModelisa5stagemodelthatexplaintheprocessofselfsufficiency.IthinkthatMexicoisinstage3,alsoknownasthetakeoff,becausethecountryreliesheavilyonagriculturalindustries,butusestechnicaladvancementstobecomemoreproductive.WhileotherpartsofMexicoseconomycontinuetofollowtraditionalpractices.

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