This paper presents estimates of Cuba’s gross domestic product (GDP) for the three principal sectors of the economy: the government, the state enterprises, and the non-state sector. It estimates government GDP on the basis of fiscal data and derives non-state GDP from a combination of employment and productivity data. Estimates for the state enterprises’ GDP […]
2014 Conference Program
Cuba’s Perplexing Changes Economic and Political Situation Chair: Ted Henken, ASCE President and Baruch College, CUNY Joaquin Pujol, IMF (retired) Gary Maybarduk, U.S. Department of State (retired) Miriam Celaya, 14ymedio Ambassador Martin Palous, Florida International University Cuba’s Reforms: Status and Prospects Chair: Carlos Seiglie, Rutgers University Vegard Bye, Scanteam, Norway, “Political Implications of Economic Reforms” […]
2014 Preface
The Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE) held its 24th annual conference at the Hilton Miami Downtown Hotel from July 31-August 2, 2014. The theme of the conference was “Cuba’s Perplexing Changes.” It focused on internal reforms and their impact on the Cuban economy, as well as on the island’s international economic […]
Revolutions and their Aftermaths: Part One : Argentina’s Perón and Venezuela’s Chávez
The Cuban revolution of 1959 has ended in a prolonged period of stagnation. A new revolution has started, although it is still unclear whether it will come from the top or the bottom of the political system. Its destination remains unknown. If Cuba’s future is still undetermined, it is not for lack of prediction or […]
Cuba’s Prospects for a Military Oligarchy
Notes1 Over the past decade, scholars, policy makers and Cubans in general, both on the island and in exile, have researched and debated extensively the answer to the question on everyone’s mind: after Fidel Castro, who? Some governments, like the United States’, envisioned a transition to democracy. Some governments, like that of the United States, […]
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