Historia Socio-económica de la provincia de Loja. Periodo 1950-2010.

Abstract

This research was conducted to describe the socio-economic process in the province of Loja-Ecuador, during the period 1950-2010, by analyzing the economic sectors (primary, secondary and tertiary). The main findings allow characterizing the economic history of the province in five clearly distinguishable periods: (i) inertia and predominantly agrarian economy, between 1950 and 1964, (ii) land reform, democratization of ownership and peasant migration to the Amazon, from 1964 to 1976, (iii) rise of the industrial sector, supported by national development policies and the oil boom, which favored the creation of many businesses until today exists, (iv) period of economic inertia and low economic growth, from 1977 to 1994 and (v) rapid economic growth between 1995 and 2010, based in services sector. The analysis of the data allow us to conclude that the major economic progress of the province, have an exogenous origin, such as the public investment and intervention of other external entities. The economy of Loja in recent years is concentrated in the most urbanized towns, and is concentrated in trade, construction and education services.