Mexico's Policies for Poverty Alleviation
Center for U.S. - Mexican Studies
Dr. Germán Palafox Palafox
Deputy Director, Division of Micro-Regions
Mexican Ministry for Social Development(SEDESOL).
October 08, 2008
3:30p.m.
Location: UC San Diego Insitute of the Americas Complex, Weaver Center
Open to: Public
Dr. Germán Palafox Palafox is the Deputy Director of the Division of Micro-Regions of the Mexican Ministry for Social Development(SEDESOL). He has a Ph.D. in Psychology from Harvard University where he also earned a Master’s degree in Public Administration. He has headed projects to expand coverage in secondary and higher education; scholarships and financing; and extended hours for primary schools while he was in the Public Policy Division of the President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa’s transition team. From 2000 to 2006 he served as Deputy Director General of Planning in the Division of Planning and International Relations of the SEDESOL’s Undersecretariat of Prospective, Planning and Evaluation. From 1996 to 1998, he served as an adviser in the Dirección General de Luz y Fuerza del Centro (LFC), a role that allowed him to participate in Restructuring and Modernization Project of LFC. From 1998 to 2001, he coordinated the MA and Ph.D. Program in Psychology at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and assumed the post of Chair of the Division of Research and Graduate Studies at the School of Psychology, UNAM.
Part of the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies Research Seminar Series.
There is no cost of admission. Event is open to the public. For driving directions, please visit the Center’s website. For additional information, call Mr. Greg Mallinger at (858) 822-1696 or e-mail
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