National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (CONEVAL)
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Formation | August 2005 |
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Type | Social Development Organization |
Purpose | Poverty Measurement Evaluation of Social Development |
Headquarters | Mexico City, Mexico |
Executive Secretary | Gonzalo Hernández Licona |
Website | www |
The National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy is a Mexican organization coordinated by the Ministry of Social Development (SEDESOL). As of February 10, 2014, CONEVAL has been established as an autonomous constitutional organization with legal personality, own proprietorship, technical and management autonomy.
The creation of CONEVAL has its origins in the creation of the General Law of Social Development (LGDS). The Law obliges this institution to coordinate the actions targeted to the achievement of the National Social Development Policy’s objectives, strategies and priorities.[1]
CONEVAL is constituted by the head of the Secretariat of Welfare (BIENESTAR), six academic researchers chosen by the National Social Development Commission, and an executive secretary who is in charge of the Council.
CONEVAL issues the evaluation guidelines assigned by the Expenditure Budget Decree in order that dependencies and entities regulate their operating social programs.
The Council uses a multidimensional approach to define, identify, and measure poverty using information generated by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI).[2] The multidimensional poverty measurement includes the following indicators:
- Current income per capita
- Educational gap
- Access to health services
- Access to social security
- Quality and spaces of dwellings
- Access to basic services in dwellings
- Access to food
- Degree of social cohesion.
Poverty reports[]
In February 2021 the CONEVAL reported that the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico could increase the number of people living below poverty by 8.9 to 9.8 million and extreme poverty by 6.1 to 10.7 million. These are the same levels as a decade earlier.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Creación del CONEVAL | CONEVAL". coneval.org.mx (in Spanish). Coneval. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Pobreza en México | CONEVAL". coneval.org.mx (in Spanish). Coneval. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ Román, José Antonio (10 February 2021). "La Jornada - Retroceso de 10 años en logros contra pobreza por la pandemia". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
External links[]
- CONEVAL web site (in Spanish)
- Consulta el Informe de Evaluación de la Política de Desarrollo Social 2020
- LEY GENERAL DE DESARROLLO SOCIAL (Law on Social Development, in Spanish)
- 2005 establishments in Mexico