Regional Development in an Indigenous Region: The Case of Mazahua, Mexico

Authors

  • Mirosława CZERNY University of Warsaw (Poland)

Keywords:

local development, Mexico, emigration, the region of Mazahua

Abstract

Local or regional development in the era of globalization has been stimulated by endogenous and exogenous phenomena. It is really difficult to deter-mine which of the very complex and mutual relations are influencing the processes of social and economic development and growth. Normally there is a broad spectrum of causes and consequences of such processes. In the case of marginal region, in this case the region of Mazahua (Mexico) with predominantly Indian population, the situa-tion is even more complicated. It is very important to define and to find those charac-teristics and properties that can stimulate the process of local development.

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Published

2010-12-13