Part 1 Structural adjustment - an overview: structural adjustment - the end of a National Economic Project-- the World Bank structural adjustment packages-- government and control of economic process-- adjustment and poverty-- methodological issues of the relationship of adjustment and poverty. Part 2 Adjustment policies in Mexico-- background to the 1982 economic crisis-- the Mexican economic reform 1982-1994-- the impact of adjustment policies on poverty. Part 3 Poverty and household living standards: problems of data sources used to measure poverty-- methods used in Mexico to measure poverty-- the measurement of poverty in Mexico-- trends in poverty in Mexico after the 1982 economic crisis-- improvement in some wellbeing indicators-- poverty and living conditions in Mexico City-- changes in household living conditions in Xalpa, Mexico City. Part 4 Labour force participation trends (1979-1994): employment data sources and employment definitions-- labour force participation rates I (employment surveys)-- women's work-- work by adolescents-- labour force participation rates II (income and expenditure surveys)-- interaction between income poverty and working effort. Part 5 Labour markets in Mexico City and Xalpa: employment by occupational categories in Mexico City-- Xalpa - household members participation in the labour markets. Part 6 Conclusions: criticisms of the Washington Consensus and the Mexican case-- stabilization, adjustment and poverty-- poverty and the labour market. Appendix - the methodology for measuring poverty-- the Integrated Poverty Measurement Method (IPMM)-- the Poverty Line (PL) Method based on a Normative Basket of Essential Satisfiers (NBES)-- adjusting household income to National Accounts (NA). eys)-- women's work-- work by adolescents-- labour force participation rates II (income and expenditure surveys)-- interaction between income poverty and working effort.

Part 5 Labour markets in Mexico City and Xalpa: employment by occupational categories in Mexico City-- Xalpa - household members participation in the labour markets. Part 6 Conclusions: criticisms of the Washington Consensus and the Mexican case-- stabilization, adjustment and poverty-- poverty and the labour market. Appendix - the methodology for measuring poverty-- the Integrated Poverty Measurement Method (IPMM)-- the Poverty Line (PL) Method based on a Normative Basket of Essential Satisfiers (NBES)-- adjusting household income to National Accounts (NA).