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Overview

In 2015, homicide rates in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) were four times higher than the world average, making it the most violent region in the world. Mexico in particular ranks amongst the most violent countries in the region, as the levels of violence in the country peaked in 2017, registering more than 29,000 homicides. At the same time, income inequality has risen, and remains one of the country’s biggest societal challenges. The 2017 earthquake that hit the capital showed in particular the differential impact of shocks on different income groups. More recently, the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have exacerbated existing gender inequalities in the country. Every day, ten women are assassinated, and four months after the confinement measures started, the National Network of Shelters registered an increase of 81% in the number of people attended by the centers.

Against this backdrop and building on the unique breadth and depth of expertise of our work in the region, DPA is working to gain better insights into the complex relationship between crime and inequality in Mexico; inequality and spatial mobility, and gender based violence and its associated factors during and after the pandemic. The overall objective is to improve relevant policy decisions and contribute to a safer and fairer Mexican society.

Diagnose

Understanding the impact of crime shocks on individuals’ behaviors

Statistics on the direct human and material costs of crime phenomena exist (e.g.: death tolls of crime waves). However, the disruption and recovery dynamics of daily routines of local communities — such as disruption of mobility patterns and economic activity — has yet to be systematically analyzed.

With initial funding from the French Development Agency, DPA started a research line focused on the quantification, at a fine-grain and large scale, of the disruption and recovery dynamics induced by crime across population subgroups. As a result of the first research phase, DPA released the paper “Impact of Crime Shocks Across Gender and Socioeconomic Groups: A Large-Scale Mapping of Behavioral Disruption”. The paper was selected to be showcased at the 2018 Data For Good Exchange, organized by Bloomberg in NYC.

DPA is currently expanding this research, with funding from the MIT Sloan Latin America Office and in collaboration with one of the largest Mexican banks. The study places the emphasis on the differentiated effects of crime shocks on population subgroups, as defined by gender, socioeconomic status, and their combination. Research activities are ongoing and results are expected to be published by end of 2019.

For more information, please contact: rlaramolina@datapopalliance.org

Mobilize

"Big Data, Digital Economy, and Sustainable Development"

In October, 2017, Data-Pop Alliance conducted a training (read more in this blog post) in conjunction with the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Mexico City. Over three days the more than 40 participants learned to develop and implement Big Data innovation projects, policies, and partnerships in support of sustainable development objectives. Click the button to learn more about our workshops.

Transform

Pilot: Violence-against-women risk model to channel support to those most at-risk in Mexico

Our goal with this project is to use an innovative approach to identify geographical areas throughout Mexico where women could be at most-risk of experiencing violence in the domestic setting by leveraging traditional and non traditional sources of data. It also seeks to generate key insights about the factors that are at play when VaW takes place, during and after a pandemic such as COVID-19. This involves building a statistical VaW risk model and a visualization map. A workshop with government officials and partnerships with civil society organizations will further contribute to ensure the incidence and sustainability of the project.

For more information, please contact: zdelvillar@datapopalliance.org

DataMex is a collaborative project between Data-Pop Alliance and Oxfam Mexico, officially launched in September 2018, with the objective of influencing the data ecosystem within the framework of the SDGs and 2030 Agenda. The project seeks to develop and enhance data use (big data, small data, open data, official data) to better inform and evaluate public policy in Mexico, with a focus on socioeconomic and gender inequalities, and (in)security.