Ecuador: Poverty and Wealth

Lately, I’ve been talking to my sister about my country, Ecuador. She recently, finished college and is now a Social Worker. She wants to help out the poor in Ecuador and be able to construct some kind of shelter for them. Keeping this in mind, I want to know more about poverty in Ecuador. Ecuador is a poor country, most people don’t have enough income to support there families. Poverty in Ecuador has made it hard for people to survive that is why a lot of people migrate to the United States. The way government has run Ecuador is one of the main reasons to why Ecuador is a poor country. Ecuador has had a corrupt government and its economy is affected by it. People are paid very little and the government hasn’t really done anything to try to boost up the economy. Ecuadorians are not able to succeed even with a college degree because they are not able to find a job. For example, an Ecuadorian diploma is not accepted in the United States because Ecuadorian education is lower. There are many other reasons to why poverty exists in Ecuador which is making it difficult for the country prosper.

Looking at this map, I can see that there is a lot of poverty on the west side of the country.An article states that there is more poverty in the rural areas of the country. “Poverty is more pervasive in rural areas of Ecuador, affecting almost 70 percent of non-urban dwellers (2000).