Análisis de las condiciones socioeconómicas y las posibles oportunidades productivas de la población dedicada al transporte de carretillas de mano del Barrio Bolívar del Municipio de Popayán – Departamento Cauca.

Abstract

The objective of this degree project is to analyze the socioeconomic conditions and possible productive opportunities of the population dedicated to the transport of hand trucks in the city of Popayán, mainly in the market place of Barrio Bolívar, since it covers a large number of stalls of commerce of different economic activities; Among which the agricultural area and temporary perishable products stand out, also known as a tourism-gastronomic sector, and the educational, cultural and service area that is located in a central sector and has a massive influence of people, mainly on Tuesdays , Thursday and Friday which are market days. One of the communities that carry out their economic activity in this place are the hand truck transporters, which at the departmental level carry a social and economic reality of vulnerability. They are people with high levels of poverty, who carry out this job informally without greater opportunities to improve their quality of life and that of their family; their income is daily in this way they try to guarantee a livelihood for their homes With these problems, the need for the city of Popayán is observed to implement a regional development process that includes comprehensive care for population groups in a state of vulnerability, in this case, the population dedicated to transport in hand trucks; For this, it is important to carry out an analysis of the economic and social situation of said population in which an interpretation of their reality and context is reflected.