Regional development in Ecuador

Regional development in Ecuador Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Compartment in Google Plus By Ronny Fabian Correa Quezada The measurement of territorial disparities is essential to have a diagnosis of regional inequality and, based on this information, facilitate decision-making in terms of public policy. In this sense, Esparza, Campoverde and Correa-Quezada contributed with the construction of a complex and multidimensional regional development index for the Ecuadorian provinces corresponding to the year 2021. The index reflects values ​​between zero and one (where values ​​close to one corresponds to the highest levels of development) and is made up of eight dimensions (education, health, well-being and cohesion, economy, security, institutions, environment and gender). The indicator, overall, reveals that the level of provincial development is, for the most part, medium-high and, furthermore, there are no regions with an index lower than.

The provinces that stand out for

Their highest levels of development are Galapagos and Azuay; and, in contrast, the provinces with the lowest indices are located in the Amazon and Coastal region . So, in the dimensions of education, health and gender, it is where the majority of the provinces experience better levels  Turkey Phone Number Data of development. On the contrary, in the dimensions of well-being and cohesion. Economy, institutions and environment, the provinces tend to suggest low levels of development . The disparities in the degree of interprovincial development are marked in well-being and cohesion and the environment, where the province of the Galapagos stands out due, among other factors.  To tourism, protected areas and the Special Law related to income.

On the other hand, the differences

In interprovincial development are smaller in the health dimension, in which all provinces have a significant degree of development that rests on low rates of infant mortality and suicide, and high life expectancy at be born. The provinces with the  New Zealand Phone Number List largest population in Ecuador, Guayas and Pichincha.  Present a weak performance in the dimensions of security and economy.  Respectively. However, the two provinces present a very high development in education due to the high level of literacy and average years of education; And, especially in Pichincha, the largest number of educational centers of high academic quality are located. Although these disparities originated and persist for various reasons and the exploitation of raw materials and by the lack of state intervention. The without a territorial approach.