Government announces plan against extreme poverty in Ecuador

In a press conference of the National Secretariat of Planning and Development (Senplades), its holder Pabel Muñoz revealed that the Government of Ecuador is developing a strategy to eradicate poverty from the country within four years and to reduce national social inequality.

Pabel Muñoz

Muñoz said that within the Senplades the Technical Secretariat for the Eradication of Poverty was raised, which will be chaired by Ana Maria Larrea, who should have the strategy ready in two months.

Larrea said in turn that planning will be based on the creation of quality social services, on strengthening water and sanitation provision programs, on comprehensively protecting the life cycle of people and on strengthening the capacity of the population. In addition, the change will align with the country’s productive matrix and employment generation.