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CAUSAL RELATIONS IN THE DEFICIENCIES OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL PROCESS OF NATIONAL ADOPTION IN ECUADOR

Abstract:

The objective of this study is to analyze the main administrative and judicial deficiencies of the adoption process in Ecuador to determine the existence of causal relationships that currently lead to a decrease in adoptions in the territory. An interview was developed and applied to seven officers involved in the adoption process for children and adolescents to determine the main deficiencies that, according to their perception as actors of the system, affect its operation. The data collected through the interview were processed using the DEMATEL method in its neutrosophic variant to determine the causal relationships between the deficiencies indicated by the sampled actors. According to the analysis carried out, the elements of greatest prominence in the system corresponded to the great dilation in the time of the adoption process, the little or nonexistent flexibility of some of the requirements posed to the adopters, and the lack of objectivity in some requirements. It was observed that the factor that receives the greatest influence from the rest of the elements of the system is the factor related to the time of the general process, while the rest of the elements have a greater correspondence as causal elements.