Prevention of financial crises is essential to poverty alleviation. A strong financial sector is key to boost growth and competitiveness, and reduce the risk of crises, which can have a devastating impact on employment levels and poverty incidence.

This loan directly supports the Government of Mexico's efforts to increase growth in order to improve standards of living and reduce poverty in the medium term . This loan will help improve the capacity of small businesses to participate in the formal market and to increase their competitiveness. This is extremely important considering that small and medium enterprises represent as much as three quarters of total employment in Mexico .

Poverty is Good. It Teaches you that you Need to be Rich.

After many years, the continent is showing growth that could deliver much more poverty reduction than in the recent past.

To reduce poverty, we need growth. And to advance growth we need adequate and reliable energy supply.

Middle-income living standards, and poverty for that matter, are best addressed through employment growth. By maintaining low inflation and low expectations of inflation, you can create new employment.