Abstract
Empirical research undertaken in Ecuador to study the country’s regional dynamics uses the region as a unit of observation. Prior to 2007, Ecuador had 22 provinces (which would later be called regions). This study seeks to ascertain whether the regional growth and economic concentration that are evident in Ecuador are determining factors in the development of regional convergence.
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Ecuador had 21 provinces until 1997. Orellana was founded in 1998. The INEC conducted the first Population and Housing Census in 2001, which yielded the first population data set. The BCE did the same with the GVA that year.
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This led to the first GVA data; therefore, this province will be subject to study as of 2001.
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Ramón-Mendieta, M.G., Ochoa-Moreno, W.S., Ochoa-Jiménez, D.A. (2013). Growth, Clusters, and Convergence in Ecuador: 1993–2011. In: Cuadrado-Roura, J., Aroca, P. (eds) Regional Problems and Policies in Latin America. Advances in Spatial Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39674-8_14
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