Extractivism, economic diversification and prospects for sustainable development in Ecuador
The objectives of this paper are first, evaluating economic, social and environmental effects on oil extraction in Ecuador during the last 41 years, and second, discussing prospects to achieving a sustainable and equitable development path in the future, in the context of declining oil reserves. The...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
| País: | Ecuador |
| Institución: | Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar |
| Repositorio: | Repositorio Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.uasb.edu.ec:10644/3376 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10644/3376 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | DESARROLLO SUSTENTABLE MODELOS DE DESARROLLO EXPLOTACIÓN PETROLERA CONDICIONES ECONÓMICAS AJUSTE ESTRUCTURAL CONDICIONES SOCIALES |
| Sumario: | The objectives of this paper are first, evaluating economic, social and environmental effects on oil extraction in Ecuador during the last 41 years, and second, discussing prospects to achieving a sustainable and equitable development path in the future, in the context of declining oil reserves. The current government is pursuing an extractivist policy, based on expanding oil extraction in formerly unexploited fields -including those inside the Yasuni National Park- and starting largescale mining exploitation. Two future options will be evaluated, first, an expansion of extractive activities, and second an alternative based on conservation, with sustainable use of natural resources (e.g. ecotourism, agroforestry, bio-knowledge), without expansion of oil field expansion and mining. |
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