ABSTRACT
Mexico is the second largest producer and consumer of computers in Latin America. This chapter describes the size and shape of the Mexican market, details the Mexican informatics policy and analyzes to what extent it is enforced and why. It analyses the policy's impact on the sector, using interviews with firms operating in Mexico and with the Mexican government, and identifies obstacles to development in this sector stemming both from problems with the informatics policy itself and general problems in the Mexican economy. Mexico has imported informatics equipment since the mid-1960s. Mexico has a clearly articulated industrial policy governing informatics. The informatics industry in Mexico is a high-growth industry. Mexico's ability to develop an export capability is dependent not only on a continuing stream of investment into the country, but also on conditions in potential export markets. Mexico has made an impressive start in the development of an informatics sector.
