CONEVAL

What CONEVAL does

CONEVAL (Consejo Nacional de Evaluación de la Política de Desarrollo Social) is a decentralized public agency of the Mexican Federal Public Administration, established in 2005 under Article 81 of the Ley General de Desarrollo Social. The organization holds statutory responsibility for norming and coordinating the evaluation of social development policies and programs, and for establishing the guidelines and criteria for poverty measurement in Mexico. CONEVAL conducts multidimensional poverty measurement and policy evaluation across all 32 Mexican states and 2,457 municipalities, with active biennial reporting on social policy performance via the IEPDS series, which has been published in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024.

The agency operates an integrated suite of digital platforms and information systems supporting its mandate. Core platforms include SIMEPS (Sistema de Monitoreo de la Política Social) for monitoring social policy indicators, PMR33 for tracking Federal Contribution Funds (Ramo 33) in the social sector, CEIPP — a public repository containing over 1,500 evaluations of social programs conducted since 2007 — and the Quiosco Digital platform for accessing institutional publications. Specialized analytical tools include the Plataforma para el Análisis Territorial de la Pobreza for municipal-level spatial poverty analysis, the Sistema de Indicadores sobre Pobreza y Género for intersectional gender-disaggregated analysis, and the Índice de Rezago Social computed via principal component analysis. A mobile application extends access beyond web channels. Biennial IEPDS reports provide comprehensive assessment of social development policy, with IEPDS 2024 placing explicit emphasis on Historically Discriminated Groups.

As a decentralized public agency, CONEVAL does not generate commercial revenue — all products, evaluations, datasets, and publications are provided free of charge in compliance with government transparency obligations. The organization is funded through the Mexican federal budget, operates with technical and management autonomy under the Ley Federal de las Entidades Paraestatales, and partners strategically with INEGI for income/expenditure survey data underpinning its poverty measurement. Its user base spans federal agencies, all 32 state governments, municipal governments, academic researchers, and civil society organizations. Distribution occurs through its official website, the Quiosco Digital platform, mobile application, and an active social media presence (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blog, podcast, newsletter).

Name

CONEVAL

Legal name

Consejo Nacional de Evaluación de la Política de Desarrollo Social

Website

https://coneval.org.mx

Company type

Public

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

CONEVAL is a Mexican federal government agency mandated to evaluate social development policy and measure multidimensional poverty across all 32 states and 2,457 municipalities, operating integrated digital platforms and producing biennial IEPDS policy assessment reports.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Policy Evaluation

NAICS

Public Administration (92)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Central Government Policy, Strategy & Performance (incl. OMB-style functions) (BPAIAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

National Statistics & Census Administration (BPAIAAAF)

Keywords

• Social policy evaluation
• Multidimensional poverty measurement
• Public policy research
• Social program monitoring
• Government data platforms

Headquarters

HQ city

Ciudad de México

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CONEVAL is a Mexican government agency that conducts multidimensional poverty measurement and evaluates federal, state, and municipal social development policies and programs in Mexico. It produces biennial IEPDS evaluation reports, maintains longitudinal poverty data for all 32 states and 2,457 municipalities, and operates multiple proprietary digital platforms (SIMEPS, PMR33, CEIPP, Quiosco Digital) for monitoring social policy indicators and disseminating evaluation findings.

Product overview

CONEVAL operates as a decentralized public government agency that develops and manages a portfolio of digital platforms and information systems for social policy evaluation and poverty measurement in Mexico. The core offerings include the Quiosco Digital (a comprehensive digital repository), monitoring systems (SIMEPS, PMR33), the CEIPP evaluation repository, biennial IEPDS policy evaluation reports, poverty measurement systems, and specialized platforms for territorial poverty analysis and social rights information. The architecture is organized as an integrated suite of platforms that work together to provide evidence-based analysis for social policy decision-making at federal, state, and municipal levels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Quiosco Digital (Digital Information Kiosk) A digital information platform that serves as a comprehensive repository containing all digital documents generated by CONEVAL on topics of monitoring and evaluation of social programs, poverty measurement, and collaboration with federal entities. Provides access in multiple formats (Excel, PDF, Word, ePub).
• SIMEPS (Sistema de Monitoreo de la Política Social) A monitoring system for social policy and programs that tracks indicators of social development programs derived from national development planning.
• PMR33 (Plataforma sobre Monitoreo de los FAF-Ramo 33 del ámbito social) A platform for monitoring Federal Contribution Funds (FAF) of Branch 33 in the social domain, enabling analysis of social development fund performance across Mexican states.
• CEIPP (Cuadro de Evaluaciones e Informes de Programas y Políticas de Desarrollo Social) A database of free access containing evaluations and reports of social development programs and policies, integrated with evaluation reports since 2007.
• IEPDS (Informe de Evaluación de la Política de Desarrollo Social) Biennial evaluation reports on social development policy in Mexico, providing evidence on the country's situation regarding poverty advances and challenges, and population rights exercise.
• Sistema de Información de Derechos Sociales Information system on social rights that provides data on the exercise of social rights in Mexico.
• Plataforma para el Análisis Territorial de la Pobreza A platform for territorial analysis of poverty that enables geographic and spatial analysis of poverty data at municipal and regional levels.
• Sistema de Indicadores sobre Pobreza y Género An indicator system linking poverty metrics with gender disaggregated data for analyzing intersectional poverty dimensions.
• Aplicación móvil del CONEVAL (Mobile Application) Mobile application for accessing CONEVAL information and data.
• Inventario Nacional CONEVAL de Programas y Acciones de Desarrollo Social National inventory of social development programs and actions that catalogs all federal social programs and interventions.
• Índice de Rezago Social Social lag index calculated using principal component analysis to classify municipalities by level of social deprivation.
• Índice de Tendencia Laboral de la Pobreza (ITLP) Quarterly index showing trends in the proportion of persons unable to acquire the food basket with labor income in Mexico.
• Visor Geoespacial de la Pobreza y la COVID-19 Geospatial viewer for poverty and COVID-19 analysis enabling spatial visualization of poverty data and its intersection with the pandemic.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,500 evaluations of social development programs completed since 2007
• +2 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• INEGI (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on ENIGH (Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares) 2016 and MCS (Módulo de Condiciones Socioeconómicas) 2015 surveys used for poverty measurement. CONEVAL and INEGI maintain active agreements for data collection essential to multidimensional poverty measurement in Mexico.
• Universidad Autónoma ChapingominorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on forums discussing public policy for agricultural day laborers in extreme poverty. Joint academic effort to discuss State actions for vulnerable populations.
• State Governments (Entidades Federativas)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration mechanisms with all 32 Mexican states for monitoring, evaluation, and poverty measurement. Includes sharing of best practices, normative frameworks, beneficiary registries, program rules of operation, and social development laws. Supports implementation of state-level monitoring and evaluation systems.
• Secretaría de la Función Pública (SFP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOversight partnership for complaints and denunciations regarding CONEVAL operations. Coordinate complaint handling through SFP's online system (SIDEC) and physical Citizen Contact spaces.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• INEGI (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía): Mexico's national statistics and geography institute and CONEVAL's primary data-collection partner on ENIGH and MCS surveys; directly comparable as a federal body producing nationally significant socioeconomic and demographic data that underpin social policy in Mexico.
• IPEA (Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada): Brazil's federal applied economics research and policy evaluation institute; the closest functional analog to CONEVAL in Latin America in terms of producing evidence-based socioeconomic research for federal policy design.
• Ministerio de Desarrollo Social y Familia (Chile): Chile's social development ministry, which conducts poverty measurement (CASEN survey) and social program evaluation; directly comparable to CONEVAL's mandate of measuring poverty and evaluating social policy in Mexico.
• Departamento Nacional de Planeación (DNP) Colombia: Colombia's national planning department responsible for evaluating public investment and social programs; performs a similar function to CONEVAL in monitoring and assessing social policy effectiveness.

Others

• RAND Corporation: Independent policy research institution providing evidence-based analysis for governments; comparable to CONEVAL's evaluation and policy research function through a different organizational model (nonprofit versus decentralized public agency).

Broad incumbents

• US Office of Management and Budget (OMB): U.S. federal agency that evaluates program performance and coordinates policy across executive agencies; the wider incumbent analog to CONEVAL's central-government strategy and oversight function on the social policy side.
• UN ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean): Regional UN body that produces poverty and social policy analysis for Latin America; comparable to CONEVAL at the supranational level, especially regarding methodology development and multidimensional poverty frameworks.
• UNDP Human Development Report Office: UN agency producing the Human Development Index and related socioeconomic analysis; comparable as a global public body producing multidimensional poverty and well-being indicators similar to those CONEVAL generates for Mexico.
• World Bank Poverty and Equity Global Practice: World Bank practice that maintains global poverty data and produces country-level poverty assessments; functionally similar to CONEVAL's poverty measurement and policy evaluation role, scaled globally.
• OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs: OECD unit that produces cross-country social policy reviews and indicators, including poverty measurement; broadly comparable to CONEVAL's international benchmarking and evidence-based advisory work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/coneval
• YouTubeyoutube.com/conevalvideo
• Facebookfacebook.com/Coneval
• Instagraminstagram.com/coneval_mx
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/conevalmx

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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