- Datum: 16.01.2025
- Land:Ecuador
- Kategorie:Berichte & Analysen
Ecuador: Dollarization Turns 25
Dollarization has turned a quarter of a century old in Ecuador and is more current than ever among the population. What are the keys to its…
Dollarization has turned a quarter of a century old in Ecuador and is more current than ever among the population. What are the keys to its success and its difficulties, according to experts?
On Sunday, January 9, 2000, Ecuadorian President Jamil Mahuad made the desperate decision to implement the dollarization of Ecuador’s economy in an attempt to stabilize the country, mired in an unprecedented economic crisis: bankruptcy of the financial system, freezing of savers’ deposits and rampant inflation that rose from 23% annually in 1995 to 91% in 2000.
Thirteen days later, Mahuad would be deposed as a result of strong social pressure, indigenous uprisings and, above all, the withdrawal of support by the Armed Forces, which deposed him and placed his vice president as the new president, Gustavo Noboa.
However, this would not be the end of dollarization in Ecuador. On the contrary, 25 years later, dollarization is one of the longest-lasting and most popular public policies in the history of the country, with an approval rating in polls close to 90%. This is no small feat in a country that had 21 different constitutions, the longest of which lasted 22 years.
Read here the complete article by Latin America business and Analysis.