This publication was produced in the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, as part of the programme of work of the Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC).
The review has been conducted in close collaboration with the Government of the State of Hidalgo. Special thanks are due to the Governor of the State of Hidalgo, Omar Fayad Meneses, for his support throughout the process. The Secretariat is also grateful to the local review team supervised by Jose Luis Romo (Secretary of Economy, State of Hidalgo) in close collaboration with Daniel Hernandez Galindo, Sergio Vargas Téllez and Karla Ensástiga.
The OECD team elaborating the report include Andres Sanabria, report co‑ordinator, with the support of Guillaume Lecaros de Cossio, 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. Ana Moreno Monroy, Diana Oropeza, Andres Sanabria, Andrés Blancas, Adriana García, Gloriana Madrigal and Lorena Mello e Figueiredo all drafted parts of the report. Yancy Vallant (Autonomous University of Barcelona) provided important inputs. The review benefited from comments by other OECD colleagues, including Joaquim Oliveira Martins (Deputy Director, CFE), Jane Stacey (CFE), Jonathan Potter (CFE), Elodie de Oliveira (OECD), Santiago Guerrero (OECD) and Manuel Gerardo Flores (OECD). Cicely Dupont-Nivore (CFE) led the publication process and Eleonore Morena prepared the manuscript for publication.
Special thanks are due to Riccardo Crescenzi (London School of Economics), Carina Ohm (Ernst and Young, Denmark) and David Clementoni (Italian Artisan) who provided valuable inputs and comments and accompanied the team in the development of the review. The OECD is also grateful for the involvement and hospitality of representatives from the state and municipal governments of Hidalgo as well as business and civil society representatives met in the context of this review. They include, but are not limited to: Simón Vargas Aguilar (Secretary of Government), Israel Félix Soto (Secretary of Public Policy), Delia Jessica Blancas (Secretary of Finances), Benjamin Rico Moreno (Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources), Atilano Rodríguez Pérez (Secretary of Education), José Ventura Meneses Arrieta (Secretary of Public Works and Territorial Planning), Daniel Rolando Jiménez Rojo (Secretary of Social Development), Laman Carranza Ramirez (Head of Planning and Prospective Unit), Carlos Munoz Rodriguez (Secretary of Agriculture), Maria Eguiluz Tapia (Secretary of Labour), Gabriela Lugo Mendez (former Deputy Secretary of Economic Development), Mauricio González Reyna (Deputy Secretary of Investment and Sectorial Productivity), and other secretaries, as well as municipal presidents and officials of the Federal Government.