Notes1 Economists traditionally divide international trade into two large categories: (1) merchandise trade, the trade of tangible products, goods, or articles originating from the primary (agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining and quarrying) and secondary (manufacturing) sectors of the economy; and (2) services trade, also referred to as “invisible trade,” the trade of shipping, financial, insurance, and […]
The Diaspora as a Commercial Network for Cuban Reconstruction
The Cuban diaspora1 is quite large. Based on a compilation of national population censuses by the Development Research Centre on Migration of the University of Sussex, Díaz-Briquets (2006) estimated that there were approximately 1 million Cuban-born individuals residing abroad at the turn of the 21st century. 2 The progeny of these individuals, who are also […]
The Cuban Economy in 2005–2006: The End of the Special Period?
In August 1990, facing an economic crisis prompted by the loss of trade and economic relations with the Socialist community, the Cuban leadership declared that the island had entered a “special period in time of peace,” a period of severe economic austerity. Stripped down to its essentials, the special period was about survival of the […]
Remittances to Cuba: A Survey of Methods and Estimates
Notes1 A cursory search of the internet reveals at least a dozen firms engaged in sending money remittances to Cuba.2 For example, one of the websites associated with the Cuban government, www.cubaweb.cu, advertises the services of Duales, a Canadian company established in 1994 that facilitates money transfers to Cuba from the United States and other […]
An Assessment of ECLAC’s “Política Social y Reformas Estructurales: Cuba a Principios del Siglo XXI”
Notes1 In 2004, ECLAC published a volume titled Política Social y Reformas Estructurales: Cuba a Principios del Siglo XXI that focuses on social policies during the period 1997–2002 (CEPAL 2004b). A collaborative effort among ECLAC’s Regional Office in Mexico, Cuba’s National Economic Research Institute (Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Económicas, INIE), and the United Nations Development […]
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