“Aquí no sobra nada, sólo problemas” —Raúl Castro, 26 julio del 2009 “el dilema cubano reside en: reformas urgentes o caos” —Oscar Espinosa Chepe, 30 julio del 2009 (2009b) El propósito del ensayo es interrelacionar tres temas básicos de la realidad cubana: (1) la crítica situación económica en 2008, incluyendo la paralización de las reformas […]

El flujo de remesas desde los países desarrollados hacia los países menos desarrollados ha cobrado una importancia grande en los últimos años. Durante el año 2008 esta cantidad fue estimada por la organización Diálogo Interamericano en $69,000 millones. Este proceso ha sido muy importante y complejo en América Latina. Para indicar la importancia de ese […]

Petrolism means the use of oil revenues by a government to retain strong political control. Through a variety of mechanisms, governments in oil-rich states manage to avoid democratic reforms, engage in non transparent and corrupt practices, and rule out any economic diversification that can jeopardize their political grip. Researchers have devoted a great deal of […]

Notes1 As Cuba may be approaching a political and social transition, there is increasing interest in the South Florida community regarding planning improvements for its decaying infrastructure. Those who have attempted to work on this subject have met the complex challenge of working with the very limited data and often unverifiable information that is published […]

As one envisions the eventual transition of Cuba to a pluralistic society with significant free market features, it is pertinent to consider what institutional model to apply to the provision of water and wastewater services. Currently, the water and wastewater sector is managed by the national government’s Instituto de Recursos Hidráulicos, which largely delegates the […]