Mexico & Investment Opportunities

Introduction

It is widely seen that the most of the countries celebrate the Independence Day on the day when these countries were actually become independent while the country “MEXICO” is little different than the rest of the world. The people of Mexico celebrate their independence day on September 16 of every year. Basically, on September 16, 1810 a priest named Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla took initiatives against the Spanish rule of that time. Spain successfully conquered Mexico in the years of 15th century. The new rulers were very strict to the natives of Mexico. The two big casts of natives of Mexico were Mayas and Aztecs and both were very disappointed by the intruders because of their behavior. The struggle and efforts of priest named Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla become successful and Spanish were defeated by 1821. Thus, the people of Mexico kick off the celebrations of Independence Day with special food party along with president's address in the remembrance of the commencement of the struggle for freedom. Therefore, the presidential election was held in 1823 for the first time (IBP USA, pp. 90).

The business opportunity that a country offers are mainly related to the population, the habits of population, government policies, resources availability on that land, average income level of population, poverty level, availability of capital required to carry out the operation, law and order situation and education level of public. The Gross Domestic Product of the country in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) is US $1,748.908 billion in 2012. According to the World Bank report, the Gross National Income is second highest in Latin America. The country is categorized as middle-income country which shows that the people of Mexico have good purchasing power which in turn attracts investors. The poverty level is around 13.8 percent of the total population (Nolan, et.al, pp. 80).

This report will analyze the business opportunities available in the Mexico. In order to check the business opportunities of any given country, there is need to conduct in depth analysis of the country's demographics and economic conditions. The poverty level of any country has direct impact on the business. If the poverty level is higher then the investor will witness lower cost of hiring labor. The business can be run successfully by hiring talented pool. So the education level of the country influences the business. If the country is lacking in educated people then the companies will witness poor management and higher cost of training people. The companies can fill this gap by importing people from other countries which in turn increases the cost of doing business (Nolan, et.al, pp. 80).

The report will also evaluate the Mexican markets in term of availability of talented pool of people. The literacy rate of Mexico is 92 % with a rank of 85 out of 194 countries. The costs of doing business will also be impacted by to discount rate of that particular country. The businesses are expected to borrow from the local banks ...