Mexican President Pena Nieto: 'Reforms are the Foundation for Building a Better Country' Exchange Morning Post
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Mexico 2015 - Advancing through a Renovation Agenda (World Economic Forum)

The 10th World Economic Forum on Latin America opened with the leaders of Mexico, Panama and Haiti stressing the importance of pursuing necessary structural reforms.

With Latin American and Caribbean countries facing a more competitive and volatile global economy, implementing necessary reforms will build their resilience and allow them to achieve the next level of development, the leaders of Mexico, Panama and Haiti told over 750 business, government and civil society leaders in the opening session of the 10th World Economic Forum on Latin America.

“Reforms are the foundation for building a better country,” said Enrique Peña Nieto, the President of Mexico, in his welcoming remarks. “They are a platform for beginning a new stage of development.” The theme of the meeting is “Advancing through a Renovation Agenda”.

Mexico has pushed forward reforms in several areas including education, telecommunications and fiscal policy, Peña Nieto said, noting that the benefits will take time to be felt by all the people in the country. “We have dared to make the structural changes that will lead the country to a better future. We were able to break with paradigms that we thought were impossible to change.”

Mexico is also focusing on improving governance to build trust in institutions, he added. Asked in the session about the problem of corruption, which is a challenge faced by many countries in Latin America and other regions, Peña Nieto reaffirmed the need for major social reform. “If we really want to achieve change in these practices, then this has to be a structural change throughout society. We have to be the government that knocks down the walls that are in the way of our achieving a more equitable and just society.”

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