Local community development of the Dos Mangas commune of the Santa Elena canton

Abstract

The present investigation needs to know the limitations of the community development of the "Dos Mangas" commune, identifies the factors that stop the local development of the community, factors that influence directly or indirectly, from the current perspective, community development in rural climatic zones. coastal areas of the dry tropics, community development becomes an alternative for improving the quality of life of citizens, said collective actions influence the sustainable growth of development processes, a more participatory and organized locality is more likely to improve progressively economic, social, political and cultural aspects. Descriptive research with a quantitative approach was carried out, measuring dimensions on theoretical bases, which allowed covering methodological issues to obtain results. The information that was collected allowed to find significant findings for the investigation, these results established that the main limitations of community development were: lack of organizational capacity, individualism, lack of leadership, little community participation and structural and administrative problems of the sectors. productive in the community.

Keywords: Community development, social participation, comprehensive action, collectivity, associativity.