Caso de estudio: economía popular y solidaria en los comercios del mercado sur de la ciudad de Machala.

Abstract

The Popular and Solidarity Economy (PSE), with its vast presence throughout the globe, has focused on achieving the well-being of the entire community where it is present, promoting the progress of life limitations and the incorporation of all citizens in a social-economic system where fair trade prevails. Thus, the general objective was to determine the sustainability of the PSE, through field information and statistics of the sales levels of the businesses of the South Market of the city of Machala. For the correct development of this case analysis, the descriptive type of research was chosen, with a mixed approach, using the inductive-deductive research method, as well as the statistical method. On the other hand, to generate the results and conclusions, the survey research technique was applied, which had 16 questions, based on a sample of 38 businesses registered with the PSE and located in the South Market of the city of Machala. It was mainly evidenced that 95% of the businesses registered in the PSE installed in the South Market of Machala, considering that belonging to this economic sector has not helped them increase their sales. All this suggests that the sustainability of this economic sector in the South Market is low, since it has not meant the efficient generation of economic resources compared to the number of requirements that belonging to the PSE implies.