Patrones de localización de las actividades económicas en Ecuador

Abstract

Abstract: The growth of regional economic development plays an important role in the specialization, localization, and diversification of economic sectors. Therefore, the economic laws of localization apply to both developed and developing countries. Weber, on the other hand, mentions theories of industrial localization. Industrial localization maintains a high added value, showing a tendency toward agglomeration economies, especially oriented toward reducing transportation costs. Therefore, these industries tend to take special advantage of economies of scale. Analyzing the impact of the primary, secondary, and tertiary productive sectors, the methodology used is descriptive, explanatory, and spatial autocorrelation analysis, with the purpose of determining which province is most specialized or diversified in its productive activities. On the other hand, in Ecuador, the most productively specialized provinces are Pichincha, Guayas, and Azuay; therefore, these provinces have higher rates of registered employment. On the other hand, the provinces with the highest diversification index in the primary sector are provinces in the Amazon. Therefore, Ecuador's overall economic growth corresponds to greater specialization in the different primary, secondary, and tertiary economic sectors.