Assessment the sustainability of productive matrix of Ecuador

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For Ecuador, transforming its Productive Matrix from an exporting primary model to a diversified economy represents a challenge to achieve economic development inequilibrium with the environment and society, fundamental pillars of sustainable development and the 17 objectives of United Nations Agenda 2030. The objective of this paper is assess the sustainability of Ecuador's current Productive Matrix. The use of Input Output Model and Goals Programming philosophy as sectorial management tools and multi-criteria analysis, respectively, made it possible to interpret the national Input Output Matrix for 2017 and assess the sustainability of the 72 sectors that make up the Production Matrix; select the productive linkages with the highest and lowest levels of sustainability; and propose public policies that contribute to achieving the country's sustainable development.