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JAIME BARBERIS AMBASSADOR OF ECUADOR TO HUNGARY

THE ADVANCEMENT OF DEMOCRACY AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ECUADORIAN CASE. JAIME BARBERIS AMBASSADOR OF ECUADOR TO HUNGARY. Area: 256,370 Km2 (Galapagos, Pacific Coast, Andes and Amazonia) Population :15 million (2011).
 Life Expectancy: 76 years.

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JAIME BARBERIS AMBASSADOR OF ECUADOR TO HUNGARY

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  1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF DEMOCRACY AS AN INSTRUMENT FORECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTECUADORIAN CASE JAIME BARBERIS AMBASSADOR OF ECUADOR TO HUNGARY

  2. Area: 256,370 Km2 (Galapagos, Pacific Coast, Andes and Amazonia) Population:15 million (2011).
Life Expectancy: 76 years. Literacy Rate: 93%
 Ethnicity: Mestizos 64%,Indigenous 22-25%,White 7-12% Afro-Ecuadorian 2-3% Form of Government: Representative Democratic Republic President: Rafael Correa Delgado Language: Spanish and Quichua
 Capital: Quito Currency: US Dollar Major Exports: oil, flowers, bananas, shrimp, palm oil, cacao, coffee, sugar, tropical fruits Annual Exports 2011: 22,345,000,000 USD Ecuador is a multiethnic and pluricultural country: 13 nationalities, 16 indigenous peoples Ecuador is one of 17 mega diverse countries in the world with: 25.000 plant species, 1.600 bird species, 600 butterfly species, 106 endemic reptiles, 138 endemic amphibians. BASIC FACTS

  3. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT NOMINAL (US$ millons) Source: BCE (2011): Boletín de Cuentas Nacionales Trimestrales, 77. PIB de 2011 proyectado IEM 1918 de diciembre de 2011. Tabla 3.3.1 Elaboration: DEECO / MRECI

  4. GDP BY ECONOMIC SECTORS (PORCENTAGES) Source: BCE (2011): Boletín de Cuentas Nacionales Trimestrales, 77. Elaboration: DEECO / MRECI

  5. GLOBAL TRADE BALANCE (US$ millons FOB) Source: BCE (2012): Estadísticas de Comercio Exterior [Online], Disponible en: www.bce.fin.ec , [16 mar. 2012]. Elaboration: DEECO / MRECI

  6. GLOBAL TRADEEvolution of Exports by Geographical Regions from January to December(US$ millions) 6 Source: Central Bank of Ecuador. Data of China from MCPE 2011-2012. Elaboration: DEECO / MRECI

  7. CONSTITUTION OF 2008. 103 LAWS HAVE BEEN APPROVED NATIONAL PLAN OF “BUEN VIVIR” Sumak kawsay COMMITMENT TO LATINAMERICAS INTEGRATION POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FRAMEWORK

  8. COURSE OF ACTION TAKEN ADOPTION OF PUBLIC POLICIES IMPLEMENTATION OF FISCAL STIMULUS ADOPTION OF A SOVEREIGN ECONOMIC POLICY RENEGOTIATION OF OIL CONTRACTS BETTER COLLECTION OF TAXES DIVERSIFICATION OF DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL RELATIONS AND MARKETS

  9. ACHIEVEMENTS • POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC STABILITY • TRANSFORMATION OF PRODUCTION AND HIGHER ONVESTMENT IN PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES • HIGH SOCIAL INVESTMENT WITH RESPECT TO GDP • GROWTH IN 2011: 7.78% • REDUCTION OF POVERTY • HIGHER LEVELS OF EMPLOYMENT • LARGER INVESTMENT ON EDUCATION AND HEALTH

  10. ECONOMIC GROWTH IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEANRate of annual change 2010-2011 Sources: Latin American national institutions responsible for official statistics Elaboration: DEECO/MRECI

  11. SOCIAL INVESTMENT WITH RESPECT TO GDP(%) (Without public banks) • In five years we have doubled the public investment. Social investment grow 2.5 times. • Ecuador had the highest public investment in Latin America and the Caribbean with respect to GDP in 2011.

  12. GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT IN SOCIAL AREAS Expenditures of the Central Government's Budget by Sector (U.S. $ million)

  13. DECLINE OF POVERTY BY INCOMES (%) • In five years of government, poverty has decline by 9 points. • Approximately 650 thousand Ecuadoreans are no longer in poverty in 2011.

  14. TAX COLLECTION AND TAX BURDENMilion US$ and percentage • Wehavedoubledtaxcollection. • Thosewhohave more, pay more. • Promoting a culture of payingtaxes.

  15. UNEMPLOYMENT, UNDEREMPLOYMENT AND FULL EMPLOYMENTNATIONAL TOTAL (Percentages) Unemployment 49% 65% Underemployment Full employment Source: INEC (2011): Ecuador en Cifras Ecuador in figures [Online] , Available at: www.ecuadorencifras.com, [Apr. 16 2012] Elaboration: DEECO / MRECI 15

  16. Investment on education has grown from 2.5% to 5.5%. Enrollment in middle education has increased 14 points from 48% in 2006 to 62% in 2011. The largest increase in educational coverage occurred in indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian populations Education is mandatory until high school and free until third level. To improve school performance, children in poor social sectors receive breakfast, school books and uniforms free of charge. Medical consultations from 14 million in 2006 to 34 million in 2011. Between 2007 and 2010, 3,539 million dollars have been invested in Health, more than double the amount compared to the three previous governments. 184 million dollars have been allocated annually for free medicine under the notion that medicines are social not commercial goods. The national vaccination program covering 4 million beneficiaries from 4.8% and 2.5% respectively in 2008 to 3.9% and 1.8% in 2010. EDUCATION AND HEALTH

  17. FURTHER LINES OF ACTION • Increase of productivity based in knowledge and technology • Transformation of the energy matrix • Transformation of the production matrix • Reduction of labor vulnerability • Better social services • Reforestation and better distribution and use of land • Diversification of markets and products • Consolidation of Latin-American integration process

  18. FINAL RMARKS • Ecuador has introduced democratic changes needed in order to promote economic and social development. • Ecuador´s new paradigm for development is the “BuenVivir”, guaranteed by legal frameworks and carried out through the application of the National Plan of “BuenVivir” and public policies. • There is still important objectives to archive for a more just and equitable society. • Internationally, Ecuador will promote the process of the Latin America integration and Peace and solidarity with all nations o f the world.

  19. THANKYOU

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