Business Coordinating Council points out that infrastructure needs to be improved in Coahuila

For the Business Coordinating Council, much is missing in terms of infrastructure for Coahuila to be able to compare with the southern states of the United States, as established by the Shared Prosperity Map of the Economic Observatory “Mexico, How Are We Going?”

“We still have a long way to go to reach levels on the other side of the border, I think that an effort is being made on the issue of security, that gives security to people, but there are important areas of opportunity in the issue of how we do so that our graduates earn more, that they have a sufficient field of work, that companies reach the cities”, commented Jorge Reyes Casas, president of the Business Coordinating Council (CCE) in the Laguna region.

Yesterday the study was published that establishes that Coahuila has a Social Progress Index of 73.5, which places it in the same range of entities in the south and east of the United States, such as Louisiana, West Virginia, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas and Mississippi. The Shared Prosperity Map, which is a representation of the interconnected well-being of states in the United States and Mexico, based on data from the Social Progress Index (SPI), offers a subnational perspective on quality of life beyond economic indicators.

Reyes said that, while Saltillo is an important growth pole, La Laguna has not finished “exploding” in terms of the investments that can be attracted, despite the connectivity, the population bonus, the universities and the water.

“I wouldn’t like to get too excited, I would like to be more conservative in thinking that we still have a lot to improve, those who have gone to Texas do see the difference in the level of infrastructure they have there and the what we have here”he explained.

He considered that, in terms of quality of life, security is essential for the tranquility of the population.