Políticas públicas y desarrollo rural en el Ecuador. Propuesta centrada en la gestión de las Juntas Parroquiales. Estudio de caso: Parroquia Urdaneta, cantón Saraguro, provincia de Loja, Año 2013.

Abstract

This paper aims to ascertain the contribution of public policies for rural development. In the case of the parish of Urdaneta, decentralization allows you to prioritize the needs of the population, guaranteeing their integrity and providing a better standard of living. The parish council has tried to assume the responsibility that has been given by the government, formulating projects within its competence, getting help from the various ministries to promote the pontentiality of the parish. Local policies allow economic growth and sustainable territorial development, and thus achieving and improving future projects such as tourism, agriculture, traditional activities of the town, among others. The change of the productive matrix gives the opportunity to the parish in order to improve their production and integration, as well as a better economic income, offering an excellent production through human talent of the population, such us knowledge, innovation, and technology. The growth of the rural economy is one of the projects to be fulfilled in the parish so that organic products are produced and could be expended at great prices, making them available in the provincial and national market.