Human development in some Mexican municipalities is comparable to that in European countries At the top of the list are the Mexico City boroughs of Benito Juárez and Miguel Hidalgo where development is virtually on a par with Switzerland and the United Kingdom respectively Published yesterday by the Mexico office of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) the report reveals that the first of the two boroughs achieved a score of 0.944 on the UN Human Development Index (HDI) home to the capital’s affluent Polanco district which is only fractionally below the UK’s 0.918 The HDI is a summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development including life expectancy The Mexico data contained in the report comes from national statistics agency Inegi a municipality in the metropolitan area of the Nuevo León capital Monterrey The Mexico City boroughs of Coyoacán and Cuauhtémoc came next with HDI scores comparable to those in Italy and Malta respectively Rounding out the top 10 municipalities in the country were San Sebastián Tutla Oaxaca — comparable to Cyprus; Corregidora Mexico City — Andorra; San Nicolás de los Garza a municipality in the Montaña region of Guerrero The landlocked central African country ranks 185th out of 189 countries on the United Nations HDI According to a 2017 report by the social development agency Coneval nearly 90% of residents in Cochoapa el Grande live in extreme poverty The next most disadvantaged municipality in Mexico is San Martín Peras where the HDI of 0.425 is just above Burkina Faso’s 0.423 The municipalities with the next lowest HDI scores are: Batopilas Chihuahua — comparable to Liberia; Santos Reyes Yucuná Oaxaca — Mozambique; Coicoyán de las Flores Chiapas — Ethiopia; and Mixtla de Altamirano The UNDP said that to decrease inequality across Mexico authorities need to increase funding for municipal projects and improve transparency in the distribution of those resources Improvements in terms of human development in municipalities located in states such as Oaxaca Chiapas and Guerrero have been slow because public resources are limited and not used efficiently 13.1 expected years of school and an average per-capita income of US $16,944 Mexico ranks as a country with high human development Switzerland and Australia are the top three and are ranked very high according to the most recent United Nations global report Source: El Financiero (sp)  ADVERTISE WITH MND COMMUNITY GUIDELINES Subscription FAQ's Privacy Policy Mexico News Daily - Property of Tavana LLC Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker adopting new typologies and materials, espacio 18 arquitectura sought to show the couple a new culture in an entirely different society in contrast to their previous peaceful neighborhood as elizabeth and ray are two outgoing social people taking its cues from the design layout of an old colonial oaxacan house ‘nuestro sueño’ marks and distributes the program indicating that the soul of the house is the kitchen and central patio folding steel bay windows transform the space and blur the boundaries of inside and outside allowing a seamless transition between the rooms the architects had to take into account different considerations corresponding to the client’s interests; for example a vegetable patch this dwelling was made with wide and adaptable spaces so future accommodations can be included to meet the inhabitants’ and visitors’ needs the idea in the master bedroom was to wake up to the sunrise and start living in all its spaces observing the trace of time. its core halls lead users to the rooftop with sweeping views opening towards sierra madre sur the architects created a welcoming-life space generating a well-lit living environment where intimacy is still maintained ‘we had the privilege of truly observe this house through all of the seasons during the construction process and once it was finished a brick clock in the central patio and the lightning through the concrete beams showed completely different perspectives every time.’ notes the studio architects: espacio 18 arquitectura photography: onnis luque designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here. edited by: christina petridou | designboom AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style