Incidencia de la cooperación intermunicipal en la Gestión Integral de Residuos Sólidos: Caso de estudio, mancomunidad de Gobiernos Autónomos Descentralizados de Cañar, Biblián, El Tambo y Suscal en el periodo 2018- 2019

Abstract

In Ecuador, the GADs are the public entities in charge of the competence focused on the integral management of solid waste. Therefore, these governments should undertake actions aimed at improving the provision of this public service. However, in different cities, the integrated solid waste management service is not performing optimally. Thus, inter-municipal cooperation arises so that the GADs group together with the intention of making efforts to improve the services provided to the citizens. In this sense, the present research aims to determine the impact of the creation of the Mancomunidad del Pueblo Cañari with respect to the integrated management of solid waste in this territory. The research techniques used to obtain the necessary information were: semi-structured interviews, participant observation and focus group. Among the main results obtained, it was found that intermunicipal cooperation had an impact on the improvement of the public service of solid waste management in the cantons that make up the MPC.