149. In 1987 the Federal (kivernment allotted 24% of the programmable budget to social development (education, health and labour), 8.7% to rural development, 1.5% to fisheries, 5.7% to trade and supply and 5.2% to regional and urban development. 150. A contribution to the process of economic and social development is made by workers' organizations of various types connected with productive activities in town and country. Prominent among them are ccxnmunity landholdings, co-operatives, guilds, savings banks, mutual benefit societies, self-help societies and, recently, trades union enterprises. All these forms of social organization can be said to have contributed to the process of economic and social development in Mexico. 151. With specific reference to the social sector of the economy Article 25 of the Constitution states "The law shall introduce mechanisms for facilitating the organization and expansion of economic activity in the social sector: communal enterprises, workers' organizations, co-operatives, communities, enterprises that belong wholly or in part to the workers, and in general all forms of social organization for the production, distribution or consumption of socially necessary goods and services". 152. On the basis of that article, the social sector of the economy is defined as the whole set of economic units belonging mostly or exclusively to workers in the town or countryside and organized for the purpose of producing, transforming, marketing or distributing socially necessary goods and services. Mexico now has a very large number of economic units that are developing on the basis of social forms of production. Indeed, it is estimated that there are some 25,000 communal landholdings ("ejidos"), 2,000 communities, 8,000 co-operatives and 380 trades' union enterprises. 153. The Mexican Government has set itself the task of encouraging the active and growing participation of social organizations in town and country in the economic, social and political life of Mexico and promoting their 
**Analysis**
The text appears to focus on the social and economic development of Mexico, highlighting the role of social organizations and government initiatives in promoting economic and social growth. It discusses the allocation of budget to different sectors, the definition of the social sector of the economy, and the various forms of social organization that contribute to economic and social development.

**Category**
Economic development, Employment