On May 22, 2009, President Felipe Calderon signed the National Labor Productivity Agreement and put in place a Productivity Support Program that will immediately benefit over 105,000 workers and the small to medium businesses in which they are employed. This program will provide specific training for workers and will provide technical advice from on-site specialists to the owners of these businesses. This kind of training and support has been a long time coming in Mexico. The business sector, outside of large and usually foreign owned industries, has always run somewhat along the lines of the concept of the family farm. Most Mexicans owned, and still do, a little family business of their own. They are usually relatively secure in their niche and, because of that, tended to not feel a great deal of pressure to expand or do more than was necessary to support their own lifestyle. This sort of mindset was encouraged by former political regimes because it tended to maintain the status quo. And then the world changed for Mexico in almost the blink of an eye. When the politics of Mexico changed, it was as if a veil had been lifted and Mexico walked into the latter part of the 20th century already armed with every resource necessary to compete successfully on the world stage. Today, Mexico can boast a middle class that is the equal of any nation in the world. With gleaming ribbons of new highway and an educational system that is the envy of many other nations, Mexico is ready to play to win. The only thing that could possibly hold them back would be the attitudes of some of the workers and small to medium size businesses, i.e. that whatever is done today is enough. The concept of increasing productivity was all that was left to be added to the mix to make investing in Mexico the surest bet on Earth. Problem solved! With increasing productivity, there will be better investment decisions. With better investment decisions, there will come better jobs and, with better jobs, tomorrow is guaranteed to be better than today. Toward ensuring this lofty goal, businesses and workers are being provided with a Labor Productivity Portal, as well as 800 numbers to call for assistance. Now, everyone will be able to enjoy the working environments previously enjoyed only by those who work for large and often foreign owned businesses. With productivity increasing in the economy that feeds large industries and handles their take-away, this can only serve to skyrocket Mexico into a higher economic position than ever before. With the signing of this Productivity Agreement, Mexico has overcome very nearly the last obstacle to being a major player in the economy of the entire world.