El rostro de la pobreza en el cantón Celica de la provincia de Loja

Abstract

Abstract:Poverty is a social phenomenon that still and has evolved in different ways to present itself in society. Poverty can be described in two ways: i) quantitative and ii) qualitative. The rural or urban study area infers on the factors that affect poverty. This research explains the situation of vulnerability of people who are submerged in extreme poverty in Celica which is a small town of Loja from a qualitative perspective in order to know their reality through interviews carried out with the heads of household considering the dimensions of housing, income, diet, health and education. The results are reflected in lack of infrastructure in their housing, limited income, low levels of educationand serious deficiencies in the health system. In this way, public policy recommendations were made for each dimension based on international empirical research and form the Latin American Region, involving the main actors and the local leaders.