Notes1 Our objectives in this paper are to carry out a study to evaluate recent trends in the tourism industry, analyze Cuba’s perspectives and quantify the economic impact of tourism policy and activities on the island’s economy. The task entailed not only an assessment of Cuba’s specific conditions, but also positioning Cuba within the broader […]

Although financial reform is a difficult first step for achieving economic prosperity, the theoretical and empirical literature demonstrate that it is also a pow­erful tool for propelling economic growth. However, the reform process is also filled with a myriad of po­tential quagmires that can jeopardize both long-term and short-term economic development in transition economies. In […]

Notes1 “Our subject has always thrived and advanced through controversy.” —Tobin (1996, p. 18). “… the need for the state itself to manage the transition process was underestimated, and seemingly forgotten was the fact that there exist many different valid ways of conducting an efficient and sustainable market economy….Among its responsibilities, the state has to […]

El propósito del estudio consiste en determinar, para uso del Gobierno Provisional, las acciones institucionales y financieras necesarias, para la transformación de la economía estatizada de Cuba a una economía de libre iniciativa. La premisa es que Cuba es viable económicamente. En las opciones para el reordenamiento de la economía de Cuba que se exponen […]

Ante la crisis terminal del régimen de Castro, la Constitución del 40 cobra de nuevo actualidad. Numerosos movimientos y sectores del exilio abogan por su restablecimiento, en la medida de lo posible. Y los líderes del Grupo de Trabajo de la Disidencia Interna en Cuba, en su contundente documento “La Patria es de Todos,” se […]