Poverty and Competitiveness in the Monte Sinaí Area of the City of Guayaquil in the Post-Pandemic Era (POCOMPIA)

The research project "Poverty and Competitiveness in the Monte Sinaí Area of Guayaquil City in the Post-Pandemic Era" (PCZMSCGEEPP) investigates the impact of poverty on competitiveness in the Monte Sinaí area of Guayaquil. It focuses on the influence of child malnutrition, physical and mental health, education levels, and access to basic services. The project will produce a documentary, collect data, and use structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze the data. The expected outcomes include publications in high-impact scientific journals.

Goals:
Establish how child malnutrition impacts the competitiveness of the Monte Sinaí area of Guayaquil in the post-pandemic era.
Demonstrate how physical and mental health impacts the competitiveness of the Monte Sinaí area of Guayaquil in the post-pandemic era.
Identify how low levels of education in the population impact the competitiveness of the Monte Sinaí area of Guayaquil in the post-pandemic era.
Specify how access to basic services impacts the competitiveness of the Monte Sinaí area of Guayaquil in the post-pandemic era.

Research lines:
Economic development, popular economy and finance, and MSMEs