Thank you for the opportunity to join you in Miami today and participate in your stimulating discussions on the Cuban economy. The main focus of my remarks will be a broad overview of the recent reform effort in Latin America and the Caribbean. Some may say that the differences between Cuba and the rest of […]
1997: Resumen económico de un año
Notes1 La economía cubana creció en 2.5% en 1997, según informes oficiales. Sin embargo, en casi todos los sectores de la economía nacional, no se cumplieron con las metas de producción, productividad e inversión. En Cuba, como en muchos países de economía abierta, el crecimiento económico esta asociado fundamentalmente con el incremento de las exportaciones, […]
The Cuban Economy in 1997–98: Performance and Policies
The timid, oscillating and tightly-regulated market oriented reform has been halted since March 1996, when Raúl Castro strongly criticized the negative effects of the reform, followed by the purge of some academic reformists. That halt was ratified by the Economic Resolution approved by the Fifth Communist Party Congress held in October 1997. Rather than turning […]
Comments by José Álvarez on “The Cuban Cigar Industry as the Transition Approaches” by Joseph M. Perry, Louis A. Woods, Stephen L. Shapiro and Jeffrey W. Steagall
This is a well structured and written paper. The topic could not be more important this year since tobacco is now among Cuba’s top four earners of foreign exchange. The paper starts by discussing the international cigar market, followed by a section on tobacco and cigars in Cuba, then the quantification of the U.S. cigar […]
Volume 08 Appendix B: Acknowledgements
We want to take this opportunity to acknowledge the continued financial support provided to ASCE’s activities by the following sponsoring members. Acosta, José D. – OAS Retired Alonso, José F. – USIA Retired Amaro, Nelson R. – Universidad del Valle de Guatemala Asón, Elías R. Batista-Falla, Víctor Betancourt, Ernesto – DevTech Systems Betancourt, Roger – University […]