This volume of Cuba in Transition brings together most of the papers and selected commentaries presented at the Tenth Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy, which was held in Coral Gables, Florida, August 3-5, 2000. As in previous volumes, the papers and commentaries included here cover a wide range of topics related to Cuba’s economy and society: The current economic and political situation; macroeconomics; monetary and fiscal policy; economic reforms; foreign investment; role of small and medium size enterprises; external sector; agriculture; sugar; environment; tourism; social issues; legal issues; and sectoral economic developments.

ASCE gratefully acknowledges the support of its sponsoring members and particularly the contributions to the Tenth Annual Meeting by the Institute for Cuban and Cuban American Studies of the University of Miami.

Jorge F. Pérez-López

José F. Alonso

Editors