Self-employment in Cuba was legalized in September 1993 as a part of a series of liberalizations that the Cuban government has adopted in response to the collapse of the Soviet Union. The sudden end to virtually all trade and aid from Cuba’s Communist patron was a devastating blow to the economy. Cuba’s gross national product […]

Notes1 Agricultural extension services are going to be an essential part of rebuilding the Cuban economy after the restoration of democracy. The transition from terribly inefficient and unproductive downwardly-directed mechanisms, now in place, to client-directed, voluntary and open support of agricultural technology poses problems. Especially difficult will be the need to change the mindset of […]

Notes1 There is a growing body of literature that addresses the environmental problems which Cuba faces today and which most likely will, in similar or aggravated form, be present when the country makes its transition to a free-market, democratic society.2 Likewise, the environmental legislation that has been enacted to date in Cuba has also been […]

This paper will discuss the various methods that the former communist countries of Eastern Europe have applied in their search for ways to undo the massive expropriations that took place in the 1940s, after the Second World War. The various models will then be applied to Cuba, in order to determine which model, given the […]