Economic and migratory transformations in the central region of Mexico in the context of the crisis

In the central region of Mexico where the great national metropolis is loca ted, the principal industrial states underwent, during the eighties, a seve re economic crisis that led to a process of industrial restructuring, a cut back in immigration, a striking rise in emigration, and therefore a negativ e migratory balance for the region. In the first half of the nineties, howe ver, those states and the region as a whole partially recovered their econo mic and migratory dynamism.