Resumen de El débil vínculo institucional entre las tecnologías de la información y comunicación y la pobreza en México / The feeble institutional link between the information and communication technologies (ICTs) and poverty in Mexico

Cristian Iván Becerril Velasco

• español

  En las últimas décadas las TIC han sido reconocidas como habilitadoras del desarrollo y reducción de la pobreza. Sin embargo, hay muchos factores que pueden impedir su adopción y apropiación efectiva por parte de los pobres. El objetivo de este trabajo es exponer los efectos que la debilidad institucional del estado mexicano ha tenido en la forma en que se estructura el sector de las telecomunicaciones y, en consecuencia, el débil vínculo entre las TIC y la pobreza en México. Para tal fin, realizamos un análisis documental como parte de una investigación más amplia cuyo objetivo es analizar empíricamente la manera que el Estado mexicano ha impedido a las personas en situación de pobreza el acceso, uso y apropiación de las TIC. Concluímos con algunos de los cambios institucionales que deben realizarse para que las TIC contribuyan de manera más importante a la reducción de la pobreza en México. AbstractIn recent decades the ICTs have been recognized as enablers of development and poverty alleviation. However, there are many factors that could impede their effective adoption and appropriation by the poor. The aim of this paper is to review the effects which the institutional weakness of the Mexican state has had on the way in which the telecommunications sector is structured and, in consequence, the feeble link between ICTs and poverty in Mexico. For that purpose we carry out a documentary analysis as part of a broader research study which assesses empirically the role which the Mexican state has played in impeding the poor from accessing, using and appropriating ICTs as a way to alleviate poverty. We present some concluding remarks in relation to some of the institutional changes that must be made so that the ICTs could contribute more importantly to alleviating poverty in Mexico.

• English

  In recent decades the ICTs have been recognized as enablers of development and poverty alleviation. However, there are many factors that could impede their effective adoption and appropriation by the poor. The aim of this paper is to review the effects which the institutional weakness of the Mexican state has had on the way in which the telecommunications sector is structured and, in consequence, the feeble link between ICTs and poverty in Mexico. For that purpose we carry out a documentary analysis as part of a broader research study which assesses empirically the role which the Mexican state has played in impeding the poor from accessing, using and appropriating ICTs as a way to alleviate poverty. We present some concluding remarks in relation to some of the institutional changes that must be made so that the ICTs could contribute more importantly to alleviating poverty in Mexico.