Descentralización y capacidad operativa de los Gobiernos Autónomos Descentralizados Provinciales que conforman la Región 7 del Ecuador en el período 2016-2020

Abstract

Abstract: With the new Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador in 2008, a new decentralization model and reforms regarding the financing of the different levels of government, granting the GAD resources to finance their powers, with the purpose to overcome deficiencies in the redistribution of resources, generate territorial equity and strengthen the democratization of the State. From this perspective, this study had as objective to determine the operational capacity of the provincial GADs of Zone 7 during the 2016-2020 period to understand the management capacity of competencies and functions of each local government, as well as the factors that influence it. For this, it applied a mixed, qualitative and quantitative methodology, which allowed the collection of information related to the Operational Capacity Index, available in the Council National Competitions. The results obtained showed a weakening of the actions of the GAD based on the three areas, as well as a significant impact with the education, investment, tax collection and migration.