In the Mexican economy, direct foreign investment in addition to being evaluated as a capital flow also reveals meaning in the way the productive apparatus reorders and redefines the possibilities of domestic well -being.
A record of 34 thousand 265 million dollars in the first half of 2025 indicates that Mexico has become a strategic node of Nearshoring, but also raises questions about the country’s capacity to convert that advantage into quality jobs, technological innovation and chains that raise the standard of living. The challenge is that the FDI stop being a statistic to become a distributive impact development policy.
The concentration of flows – with the United States, Spain, Canada, Japan and Germany contributing 73.3 percent – reveals confidence in the Mexican economy and synergy with its industrial infrastructure. The solidity of the national productive ecosystem, which combines advanced manufacturing, technological clusters, cross -border logistics and energy capacity, helps to understand why Mexico is a global production point.
Dani Rodrik, a Harvard economist, said: “The key to prosperity is not only to attract capital, but to generate local chains that transform the receiving economies.” Mexico is found in that transit.
FDI robuste industrial capacities and opens domestic opportunities: jobs, technological transfers and training that redefine human capital.
Jobs derived from this dynamism usually offer better salaries and conditions, which reorganizes the family economy: income is diversified, the margin of consumption grows, services are accessed at more competitive prices and the savings capacity is extended.
The effectiveness of this model depends on a solid institutional framework. Macroeconomic stability, clear rules of investment and efficient governance are necessary conditions for the FDI to produce sustainable fruits. President Claudia Sheinbaum synthesized it: “The fourth transformation model not only decreases poverty, it also generates investment.”
The benefits, however, are not guaranteed. The challenge will be to prevent the FDI from concentrating in some regions – city of Mexico, Nuevo León and the State of Mexico are the ones with the greatest collection – and extend its impact.
Mexico has the opportunity to enter a virtuous circle: more investment means more formal jobs that translate into homes with greater capacity for consumption and savings, and therefore in confidence of investors.
About the author:
Salvador Guerrero Chiprés is general coordinator of the Command, Control, Computing, Communications and Citizen Contact Center (C5) of Mexico City.
www.c5.cdmx.gob.mx
Twitter: @C5_CDMX
The opinions expressed are only the responsibility of their authors and are completely independent of the position and the editorial line of Forbes Mexico.
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