US-MEXICAN DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATION; A QUESTION OF SUBSTANCE AND STYLE

This U.S.-Mexican approach could concomitantly help less poor countries (LPC) in the western hemisphere. The paper discusses politically and socially defined limitations on U.S. aid to Mexican development and considers problems related to the illegal migration of job-seeking Mexicans to the U.S. The divergent attitutdes of the U.S. and the government of Mexico regarding the migration problem are examined. The report then recommends that the U.S. and Mexico establish an Inter-American Institute for Applied Development Analysis, which would help improve the research and development capacities of western hemisphere LPC"s while providing a forum for joint U.S.-Mexican research on development.