Abstract

ESCOLA, Belén,; PALMA, María-José,; GONZALEZ, Silvia,  and  AVALOS, Eduardo,. Sustainability in Ecuador by Means of a Multicriteria Analysis Based on Entropy, Period 2008 - 2015. Rev Politéc. (Quito) [online]. 2021, vol.47, n.2, pp.17-26. ISSN 2477-8990.  https://doi.org/10.33333/rp.vol47n2.02.

Programs and policies implemented during the last decade in Ecuador have improved the sustainable development indicators of the country. However, at the country level, there is a lack of studies related to monitoring and evaluation of the four dimensions of Sustainable Development as a whole: economic, social, environmental and institutional dimension. The Entropy Weighted Coefficient Method enables the objective analysis of the weight of each indicator within the total system and subsystems, through the degree of diversity of information. Accordingly, the analysis of the economic, social and environmental subsystems during the 2008 - 2015 period shows that the economic subsystem is the one that contributes the most to the Sustainable Development, and its indicators have higher relevance within the total system. Nonetheless, the evolution of the social and environmental subsystems shows a gradual growth. In general, this research shows an improvement in terms of Sustainable Development.

Keywords : sustainability; entropy; multicriteria analysis; information theory.

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