Estudio económico de los indicadores de pobreza en Ecuador, período 2008-2019.

Abstract

Abstract:In this research, the evolution of poverty indicators in Ecuador is analyzed. In the period 2008-2016, the period in which former President Rafael Correa Delgado served, there is evidence of a clear reduction in all poverty indicators in Ecuador, at the national, urban and rural levels, in that government an expansionary fiscal policy, increasing spending and public investment to reduce poverty in Ecuador, such public investment emphasized investment in productive infrastructure, roads, education and health. In the period 2017- 2019, the period in which former President Lenín Moreno Garcés held office; there is evidence of an increase in all poverty indicators in Ecuador, at the national, urban and rural levels. President Moreno, with the objective of ordering public finances, made a massive dismissal of public servants; this would end up reducing adequate employment, increasing job insecurity and increasing poverty levels in Ecuador.