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Ecuador is a country in northwestern South America which also includes the Galapagos Islands. The country is among the most biodiversity-rich countries in the world. The capital, Quito, and Guayaquil, the largest city, concentrate both political and economic control of the country. Ecuador’s population of 13 million is growing at a rate of 1.4 percent per year, and one of every four Ecuadorians is young. The population is ethnically diverse and includes Amerindians, who account for approximately a quarter of the population, as well as Afro-Ecuadorians. Ecuador Country Brief  New

NEW The Development Marketplace selected 19 development initiatives for youth The Development Marketplace, a contest for social projects, awarded prizes to the best proposals. A total of 19 prizewinning projects were chosen based on the contest’s theme “Youth Building Ecuador.” The event came to a close with the awards ceremony on Friday, June 8, at the Instituto Geográfico Militar’s Cultural Center in Quito. Click here.

Ecuador's capital has a new Public Information Center Based on partnership schemes and aimed at integrating public information efforts, a new PIC is functioning in Quito. It has started with the agreement with the Municipality as a means of  providing a unique location: the Centro Cultural Metropolitano, cultural spot of Ecuador’s capital.  More

Social marginization and survival strategies of urban indigenous communities in Peru, Mexico and Ecuador The studies published in the new World Bank report reflect an effort to understand the economic and cultural impacts and the solutions that the indigenous population has generated for its subsistence, as well as social and cultural continuity in urban centers. The article points out the difficulties and lack of statistics and the existing theories that can aid in the effort to identify and measure the problems in their true dimension. More

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