{"id":53132,"date":"2015-02-02T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=53132"},"modified":"2015-05-05T21:26:10","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T20:26:10","slug":"1-5m-lifted-out-of-poverty-in-ecuador-under-correa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/02\/1-5m-lifted-out-of-poverty-in-ecuador-under-correa\/","title":{"rendered":"1.5M Lifted Out of Poverty in Ecuador under Correa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa gestures as he arrives to attend the swearing in ceremony in La Paz for Bolivian President Evo Morales’ second term in office Jan. 22, 2015. | Photo: Reuters<\/p><\/div>\n

The South American country has made enormous social investments over the last eight years of the Correa government.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Ecuadorean National Secretariat for Planning and Development announced Friday that between 2007 and 2014, more than 1.5 million people had been lifted out of poverty in the South American country.<\/p>\n

These years coincide with Presdient Rafael Correa\u2019s time in office and the policies of what is known as the Citizens\u2019 Revolution, which recently celebrated eight years of government<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe model of government has radically changed,\u201d said Pabel Mu\u00f1oz, the national secretary for planning and development. The Correa administration has also dramatically reduced inequality in the country. In 2007, the country\u2019s wealthiest earned 42 times that of the poorest, while in 2014 that was reduced to only 22 times.<\/p>\n

The 1.5 million lifted out of poverty represents a drop of 14 percent in the poverty rate in the country, with extreme poverty dropping 8 points from 16.5 percent to 8.6 percent.<\/p>\n

\u201cEcuador is a successful country because while reducing poverty, it reduces the gap between the rich and the poor. It has allowed for an increase in consumption and has not registered drops in social indicators. Instead people have climbed the social ladder,\u201d said Mu\u00f1oz.<\/p>\n

These figures were published by the National Secretariat for Planning and Development.<\/p>\n

Ecuador has also seen the biggest decrease\u00a0in the region in the Gini coefficient \u2014 a figure that measures inequality in a country \u2014 dropping from 0.55 in 2007 to 0.48 in 2012, whereas the rest of Latin America saw a drop from 0.52 to 0.50.<\/p>\n

The country has also made important progress in education, with primary school attendance increasing from 92 percent in 2007 to 96 percent in 2014. There has also been an increase of approximately 1 million more Ecuadoreans enrolled in public education.<\/p>\n

Ecuador is now a\u00a0leader in public investment in the region. Whereas in 2006 social investment constituted the equivalent of 3.6 percent of GDP, social investment is now the equivalent of 11 percent of GDP.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is just an example of the achievements of our government, which have been made possible because we have put capital at\u00a0the service of the people and not the other way around,\u201d said Mu\u00f1oz.<\/p>\n

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