The economic reforms that have been implemented in Cuba in recent years bear similarities to the structural adjustment programs of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB). Pressured by the economic crisis of the early 1990s, the Cuban government has moved toward deregulation of foreign investment and partial privatization of state enterprises […]
Marxism and the Market: Vietnam and Cuba in Transition
The collapse of the Soviet bloc severely jolted the remaining communist world. Two long-time Soviet allies, Vietnam and Cuba, suddenly found their chief benefactor, from which substantial assistance had consistently flowed, to have vanished. Consequently, their leaderships had to attend immediately to sorting though alternative policies that might bring about rapid economic growth while averting […]
Comments by Osvaldo A. Juvier on “The Quest for Power: Analyzing the Costs and Benefits of Cuba’s Nuclear Energy Policy” by Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado
I appreciate the opportunity to participate in this conference. I had the pleasure of reading the paper Mr. Benjamin-Alvarado wrote and would recommend that you do the same. It provides an excellent perspective of the current situation of the nuclear industry in Cuba and the real problems it is facing in the future. The paper […]
Cinco áreas de acción estratégicas para lograr el Milagro Económico Cubano: una rápida recuperación con un alto y sustentable crecimiento con equidad e inclusión social
Notes[ref]Entendemos por equidad brindar condiciones de vida mínimas aceptables a toda la población en términos de ingreso y servicios sociales básicos. Equidad no es mantener la distribución del ingreso igualitaria sino brindar igualdad de oportunidades a toda la población. Inclusión es que la población participe adecuadamente en los beneficios de la recuperación y el crecimiento […]
1996 Conference Program
Panel Discussion: The Current Situation Carmelo Mesa-Lago (University of Pittsburgh) Pablo Alfonso (El Nuevo Herald) Gerardo González Núñez (former Senior Researcher, Centro de Estudios de América) Roundtable: Non-Sugar Agriculture — Current Situation and Prospects William Messina (University of Florida) José Alvarez (University of Florida) Thomas H. Spreen (University of Florida) Anne E. Moseley (University of […]