Situación socioeconómica de los comerciantes de la zona de influencia de la regeneración urbana de Machala en el período 2020-2022

Abstract

This work is about the Socioeconomic situation of the business people of the area of the urban regeneration of Machala in the period 2020-2022. As a general objective, the impact generated in the markers people after the remodeling in the central area were determined. The trade in the city of Machala has been one of its main economic activities, motivated by the prevailing unemployment and underemployment. The place where the research was carried out was located in the Zone of Influence or also known as Casco Central, it is called that way because it is located in the central part of the Machala city. The methodology used was mixed, that is, quantitative and qualitative because it was based on techniques such as, interviews with the municipal authorities and some questions to the business people, to get a concrete and true result with the purpose of grouping people who make up the area. of study in this case the formal and informal business, and to be able to know with precision the socioeconomic situations that they had. Results, the problems that the business people have suffered after urban regeneration were evidenced, among these are the low level of sales due to the small influx of people, the increase in prices of the premise locals, forcing them to market informally. To such an extent that its quality has been greatly deteriorated. All this added to the little interest that the authorities show to eradicate this situation. In the interview with an official from the planning department, he noted that with the regeneration the economy of the aforementioned has increased and that work spaces were increase. But the reality is different because they are doing is imposing very strict rules, they even threaten to evict them if they don’t comply with them. This problem can be solved by implementing more spaces that provide reception for the rest of the merchants who find themselves without a stable place. In such a way that the economy will improve in each of the people and will help them to have a dignified life. Due to the aforementioned, the need arises for the proposal raised in the titling work is training informal merchants on formalization processes of their commercial activity, the same that will be carried out with the help of the Municipal Decentralized Autonomous Government of the Machala city. Therefore, it is intended to minimize the negative effects observed in the research and propose various activities to encourage citizens to formalize their businesses so that they offer consumers good quality products, but above all a good environment in the regenerated area. The proposed is feasible in the technical field because it has operational resources and technical personnel, economically it will have the necessary resources for the execution of the activities and with the help of the authorities, socially it is positive because it will strengthen the problem of entrepreneurs through training to empower them. Lastly, it won’t cause any negative impact, as it is found in category 2 of the Plan Technical Secretariat Ecuador format for projects that don’t affect the environment, either directly or indirectly and, therefore, do not require an environmental study.