Notes1 As in the rest of Latin America, since the 1990s migrant remittances have become an important source of foreign exchange for the Cuban economy. Their significance was accentuated as the Havana government, facing the Special Period, legalized the possession of dollars. The response of the émigré community was swift, with remittance flows, according to […]
Transnational Ties and Circular Migration: Policy Prescriptions for a Post-Transition Cuba
Notes1 For many years, the return migration issue has occupied center stage in academic and policy debates regarding how to mobilize émigré resources to promote economic development in migrant-sending countries. While many policy options have been discussed, and occasionally implemented, a consensus has emerged that these policies are often ineffective or fall short of achieving […]
Cuban Global Emigration at the Turn of the Century: Overall Estimate and Selected Characteristics of the Emigrant Population
Notes1 Partial results from the 2000 global census round, recently compiled by the University of Sussex’s Development Research Centre on Migration, plus examination of recent official Cuban statistics on emigration, are used in this paper to provide an approximate estimate of the Cuban-origin population residing abroad. These statistics are complemented with selected demographic and socioeconomic […]
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 […]
Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba 2004 Report to the President :Assessment of Chapter Six: “Addressing Environmental Degradation”
OVERVIEW It is with great satisfaction that we note that about 20 percent of the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba 2004 Report to the President1 is concerned with environmental issues, in particular environmental degradation and how the United States, as well as the international community, could assist a post-transition Cuban government in addressing […]