Structural factors, global shocks and sovereign debt credit ratings

Uribe-Teran, Carlos; Mosquera, Santiago Ramiro Cadena

doi:10.1007/s12197-018-9435-0

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“…However, even though income inequality levels had declined in general terms, some argued that this reduced inequality was not expected to last very long. It was therefore suggested that Ecuadorean society had only marginally benefited from the higher oil prices and increased commodity revenues enjoyed by the economy before 2019 (Uribe‐Teran and Vega‐Garcia, 2017). Despite the inflow of cash, poverty rates remained remarkably high and segregated.…”

Section: Fossil Fuels Poverty and Mobilisation In Quito: The Protests In Ecuadormentioning

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Inequality and the Socioeconomic Dimensions of Mobility in Protests: The Cases of Quito and Santiago

Pabón

Ludeña

2021

Global Policy

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Mobility is a multifaceted concept with social, economic and political implications. This article reflects on the role of mobility and its relation to precarity in the emergence of protests in both Quito (Ecuador) and Santiago (Chile) in 2019 by examining the interplay between mobility and inequality. It argues that the announced increases in transport and fuel costs in Chile and Ecuador exposed obstacles to spatial and social mobility and existing inequalities. Although the protests arose in response to the announced reduction in fuel subsidies and possible increases in transport costs, we propose that they reflect a deeper issue, relating to the vulnerability of the livelihoods of significant segments of the population, despite the fact that both Quito and Santiago have seen improvements in several poverty and inequality indicators in recent years. We discuss how mobility and geography relate to patterns of structural marginalisation that are not necessarily evident from aggregate economic indicators, and how understanding inequality in terms of the ‘right to the city’ and access to public services explain the protests in both countries as a response to existing segregation and deep‐seated inequalities.

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Section: Fossil Fuels Poverty and Mobilisation In Quito: The Protests In Ecuadormentioning

confidence: 99%