coll. - OECD territorial reviews Morelos, Mexico : monitoring progress and special focus on accessibility

This review was produced by the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director.

The review was conducted in close collaboration with the Government of the State of Morelos. Special thanks are due to the Governor of the State of Morelos, Graco Ramirez Garrido, for his support throughout the process. The Secretariat is also grateful to the local review team supervised by Paola Gadsden (Head of the Governor's Office) and co-ordinated by Elisabeth Osnaya Vizzuett and Hernan Aldrete Valencia.

In the OECD Secretariat, the report was co-ordinated by Elodie Isabel de Oliveira and Lorena Mello e Figueiredo, under the supervision of Jose Enrique Garcilazo, Head of the Regional and Rural Policy Unit in the Regional Development and Tourism Division led by Alain Dupeyras, Head of Division. The review was drafted by Lorena Mello e Figueiredo and Guillaume Lecaros de Cossio. Stephen Perkins of the International Transport Forum also drafted parts of the report (Chapter 4). The review benefited from comments and input from Manuel Gerardo Flores of the OECD Mexico Centre for Latin America, Elodie Isabel de Oliveira, Tadashi Matsumoto, Oscar Huerta Melchor and Andrs Sanabria in CFE. Thanks are also due to Elonore Morena for formatting the manuscript and Pilar Philip for preparing the report for publication.

The OECD is also grateful for the involvement and support of representatives of the State of Morelos, which include: Juan Carlos Salgado Ponce (Minister for Economy), Jorge Michel Luna (Minister of Finance), Einar Topiltzin Contreras MacBeath (Minister for Sustainable Development), Brenda Valderrama Blanco (Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation), Beatriz Ramirez (Minister for Education), Roberto Ruiz Silva (Minister for Agricultural Development), Monica Reyes Fuchs (Minister for Tourism), Beatriz Ramrez Velzquez (Minister of Education), Adriana Florez Garza (Minister of the Controller's Office), Juan Carlos Valencia Vargas (Executive Secretary of the Water Commission), Jos Monter San Juan (Minister of Mobility and Transport), Mauricio Garduo Montoya (Head of Ministers Office, Ministry of Labour), Oscar Rosas Reyes (Director General of the Instituto de Capacitacin para el Trabajo del Estado de Morelos ), Alberto Gallegos Ramrez (COEVAL), Francisco Trauwitz Echeguren (Director General of the Comisin Estatal de Mejora Regulatoria) , Marcela Hernndez Salgado (Responsible for the National Service of Employment Morelos), Fernando Bahena Hernndez (Director of the Human Capital Council) and Alexis Ayala Gutirrez ( Coordinador Operativo del Organismo Desconcentrado Unidos por Morelos ).

We acknowledge the hospitality and insights from federal and municipal government, business and civil society representatives met in the context of this review. They include, but are not limited to: Benjamn Alemn Castilla (Director General of the Agencia Reguladora del Transporte Ferroviario , ARTF), Talina Samano Caldern (Director General of the Fideicomiso del lago de Tequesquitengo ), Misael lvarez Dvila (Chief Executive Officer of the Cuernavaca International Airport), Juan Jos Vilatela y Guillermo Maldonado (Saint Gobain), David Len Orozco (Pat Container), Laura Bonilla y Leticia Martnez (Unilever), and Claudia Arroyo (Ferromex), among others.