Notes1 In 1958, on the eve of the revolution, Cuba ranked in the first, second or third place in Latin America with respect to its healthcare indicators. However, there were notable differences between the urban and rural sectors. In the last four decades, the Cuban government has successfully reduced those gaps. For example in 1959 […]

Notes1 A partir de 1959, se instala en Cuba un Gobierno Revolucionario que cambia el sistema imperante, de capitalista a socialista. Podrá argumentarse que ni el antiguo ni el nuevo régimen eran “lo que dicen los libros.” Pero sobre el tema de la corrupción hay más consenso. Los analistas aceptan, tanto los de antes como […]

Notes1 The Cuban transition from a totalitarian state to a more politically open form of government with a market-oriented economy will entail a vast transformation of the country’s institutions. While daunting, this process offers many opportunities. Cuba can learn from the experiences—positive and negative— of other nations that have gone through similar processes and adopt […]

Congress currently is debating whether to lift restrictions on travel by Americans to Cuba. In connection with that debate, The Brattle Group, an independent economic research and consulting firm, was asked by the Center for International Policy (CIP) to estimate the impact that such a policy change would have on the U.S. economy. In response […]

In this paper I examine the impact demographic trends are having on the evolution of Cuba’s population age structure. The analysis is conducted within a comparative perspective and focuses on the most significant demographic development of the late twentieth century and the first half of the twenty-first, the ageing of the world’s population. The analyses […]