Part # 1: Cities and other places in Ecuador. Part # 2: People who live in Ecuador. Part # 3: Some innovation happening in Ecuador.

1. Ecuador

2. Part # 1
Cities and other places
in Ecuador

3. Ecuador

4. City Population
Guayaquil 2.7 million people.
Quito 2.3 million people.
Cuenca 330,000 people.
Santo Domingo 300,000 people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ec.html

5. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ec.html
Guayaquil,
Ecuador’s
largest city
and main
port.

6. Palacio de Carondelet, Quito.
The seat of the Government of Ecuador.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ec.html

7. https://www.vayable.com/experiences/5288-experience-quito-from-a-local-s-eyes

8. A banana tree at Puerto Baquerizo, San Cristobal island.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ec.html

9. Sea lions communicating with each other at Galapagos
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ec.html

10. http://sevennaturalwonders.org/south-america/galapagos-islands
https://unesco-world-heritage.silk.co/page/Gal%C3%A1pagos%20Islands
The Galapagos islands are among the wonders
of the earth – not least due to the over 700
species of plants introduced to the 19
islands which are situated about 1,000 km.
from the South American continent.

11. Part # 2
People who live in Ecuador

12. Population 16 million people.
Life expectancy 76 years.
Languages Spanish: 93%.
Quechua: 4%.
Foreign languages: 2-3%
Literacy 92% of people over 15 can read and write.
Children aged 5 – 14 who work 220,000 children.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ec.html

13. Since the early 1980s, Ecuador has experienced 2 major waves
of emigration, during which 10% - 15% of Ecuadorians
emigrated to other countries.
 Wave # 1 originated in southern Ecuador and departed in
the early 1980s, heading mainly to the USA.
 Wave # 2 left in the late 1990s and early 2000s and mostly
went to Spain, the USA, and Italy.
Today, between 1.5 and 2 million Ecuadorians live abroad.
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/ecuador-mass-emigration-return-migration

14. Very strong
power distance
and very low
degree of
individualism
in Ecuador
http://geert-hofstede.com/ecuador.html

15. Ecuador is moving towards the top on the gender cap index
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GenderGap_Report_2013.pdf

16. Part # 3
Some innovation
happening in Ecuador

17. http://senescyt.boostlatam.com/

18. More than USD 1 billion is being invested to build
Yachay, a city of knowledge, about 2 hours
outside Quito.
President Rafael Correa refers to the investment as
“the most important project for the country in the last
100 years.”
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/natural-labs-a-magnet-for-ecuadors-city-of-knowledge/2016321.article
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/article3925884.html

19. The Amazon Mycorenewal project developed
low-cost, effective, and natural systems for
addressing pollution and health issues related
to industrial petroleum extraction.
http://amazonmycorenewal.org/
http://www.pachamama.org/blog/amazon-mycorenewal-project-teaming-up-with-
ecuadorian-locals-to-clean-up-oil-contamination
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bioremediation-of-industrial-pollution

20. We want to break the label that the floral
culture industry has - that they use pesticides,
that they go against the environment, that
they hire kids, that they don’t pay for incomes.
http://www.businessinsider.com/sisaluna-roses-from-ecuador-2014-4
Alejandro Henao
Sissaluna

21. http://www.businessinsider.com/sisaluna-roses-from-ecuador-2014-4
People
working
for
Sissaluna

22. Ecuador's electronic money system will be controlled by
the government and tied directly to the local currency - the
dollar. Users will be able to make payments with the aid of a
cellphone and store value in their accounts.
The electronic money system does not require Internet
access or an account with a financial institution, and it can be
redeemed for physical money at any time.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/102397137

23. Thanks to the second highest level of public
investment in higher education in the world,
Ecuador now guarantees its people free
university education as well as free schooling.
http://friendsofecuador.co.uk/public-meeting-ecuadors-education-transformation-investing-in-a-new-people-powered-economy/

24. A study shows that the quality of education in
Ecuador has improved considerably since 2006.
Ecuador showed the best improvement in
maths education as well as language and
writing skills education in Latin America.
http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Ecuador-Shines-in-Education-20141205-0020.html

25. Satisfactory
press
freedom
situation in
Ecuador
https://rsf.org/index2014/en-index2014.php