Análisis de los principios de eficacia y eficiencia en el GAD cantonal Mejía

Abstract

This research analyses the application of the principles of effectiveness and efficiency in the administrative management of the Mejía cantonal government in the provision of public drinking water, sewerage and environmental sanitation services. The main objective is to verify whether these principles are complied with in its administration, fulfilling the aims of the Ecuadorian decentralized model. For this purpose, a mixed methodology was applied, which integrates qualitative and quantitative methods. In the qualitative approach, we worked on the documentary analysis of norms, jurisprudence and doctrine; while the quantitative approach was applied in the analysis of the results of the survey carried out among the inhabitants of the canton of Mejía. This study differentiates sewage as a physical infrastructure that will be used for the disposal of wastewater, as opposed to environmental sanitation, which is a general competence that also covers the treatment of wastewater, with the aim of protecting the health and wellbeing of the population by preventing pollution in the environment. The results obtained show that, within the coverage of basic services, there are still deficiencies in certain areas of the canton, specifically in the rural parishes. This shows that in its administrative management, compliance with the principles under study is limited. In this sense, although most of the citizens who participated in the survey have a positive perception, there is still a small percentage of inhabitants who point to an inequality of these basic services and point to the need to correct and strengthen the control and quality of those services, mainly in their rural areas.