Aproximación al indice de desarrollo regional Latinoamericano para Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract: Ecuador faces the challenge of building a society with opportunities to choose, enhance their skills and achieve goals in different areas of life; thus arises the need for analytical tools of regional development that alert about the development level in different dimensions for each region. This research is an application, in Ecuador, of the methodology used in the Latin american development index (IDERE LATAM), an index consistent with current development theories in countries similar to Ecuador and is composed of eight dimensions, some non-traditional, which make it stand out among other indexes. The results show that, although national IDERE is medium, medium-high and high, there are interregional gaps in the dimensions environment and well-being and cohesion, as well as greater disparities in Amazonian and Coastal provinces, where some variables reach a low level of development. Although the index by itself does not offer a recipe to achieve development, it highlights the need for a strategic agenda that prioritizes Ecuador's particular basic needs and aims to achieve development.