Tackling poverty became one of the priorities of Lopez Mateos government, and a number of social-welfare programmes for the poor were set up, and existing social-welfare programmes were improved.
Tackling poverty became one of the priorities of Lopez Mateos government, and during his presidency social welfare investments reached an historical peak of 19.2% of total investment. A number of social-welfare programmes for the poor were set up, and existing social-welfare programmes were improved.