The post-Soviet era ushered in new opportunities for Cuban entrepreneurs back in 1993. Attendant changes also included the legalization of the dollar and incentives to attract foreign investment, largely in the form of joint ventures (CEPAL 1997; Pérez-López 1994; Pérez-López 2001). Five years later, Peters and Scarpaci (1998) published the first systematic account of entrepreneurs’ […]

Cuba’s vaunted healthcare sector is envied for the healthcare outcomes it achieves that equal or in some instances exceed those of developed countries, while spending a fraction of what developed nations spend. Cuba’s biotechnology sector is producing some of the most innovative drugs in the world. While Cuba’s healthcare system has earned praise, the real […]

Notes1 As all countries of the world, the Cuban economy is being affected in a negative way by the financial and economic crisis that erupted in the developed world in 2007/2008. Recently, the Cuban government announced new austerity measures including electricity rationing, a reduction of food rations, and a cut in capital spending in the […]

Notes1 This paper assesses sources of economic growth in Cuba during the period 1990–2008, with the purpose of identifying factors behind long-term growth dynamics, as well as those explaining short-term growth developments. The period chosen covers what is known as the “Special” period after the collapse of the Soviet Union (1990–1995), as well as the […]

Notes1 In anticipation of an eventual political transition in Cuba, two Cuban-American engineering associations, the Cuban-American Association of Civil Engineers (C-AACE) and the Association of Cuban Engineers (ACE), have continued to sponsor their joint Cuba Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Committee. At the 2008 annual conference of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy […]