The experience gained from the extraordinary process of transition, still under way in Central and Eastern Europe and in the former Soviet Union, is rich with lessons that could guide policy making and action in a Cuba of the future. This presentation attempts to distill some of these lessons and to explore those which would […]
La economía cubana durante el período especial
Me siento muy honrado de participar en ésta, la décima conferencia de la Asociación para el Estudio de la Economía Cubana. Casi que pudiéramos contrastar el éxito y los logros de nuestra Asociación con el descalabro económico que observamos en Cuba durante la misma década. Me toca reseñar y, poner en contexto, en forma apretada, […]
The Role of Small and Medium Size Enterprise in Cuba’s Future
Notes1 Policy reform and investments in a post-Castro Cuba will have to pay special attention to employment problems resulting from the need to conduct rigorous restructuring and privatization of the enterprise sector, including both the manufacturing and the services sectors. Currently, the Cuban Government estimates that close to one million workers, almost 25 percent of […]
1997 Preface
These Proceedings, from ASCE’s Seventh Annual Meeting, contain a rich variety of analyses and discussion about the Cuban society and economy. They come to light at a time when the Cuban Government has decided literally to stop the timid reform process it had started during the past few years. Many of these reforms, including the […]
1996 Preface
The Proceedings from the Sixth Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy contain a large selection of essays and commentaries presented in Miami, on August 8-10, 1996. We are very grateful for the co-sponsorship and support ASCE received from the North-South Center of the University of Miami and for the […]