Drs. Feinberg and Pujol have done an excellent job in discussing the International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and the possible role they could play in the reform process in Cuba. In so doing, they have laid out the membership requirements for joining the IFIs that Cuba will need to meet and how such membership could help […]
Comments on Richard Feinberg’s “Reaching Out”
Professor Richard Feinberg, former special assistant to President Clinton and senior director of the National Security Council’s Office of Inter-American Affairs, recently wrote a long paper on the Cuban economy and International Financial Institutions (IFIs), a real hot topic.1 Feinberg ´s thought-provoking essay addresses several important issues, which can be grouped into three categories. (a) […]
Comment on: “Petrolism in Cuba”: Notes on Medical Diplomacy and Investment Risk Factors
Roberto Orro’s paper “Petrolism in Cuba” addresses a topic that has been off the radar, but has great relevance to Cuba’s economy and is critical to sustaining its current regime. It should be widely circulated, especially in the oil and financial sectors.1 A more in-depth look at two issues discussed only tangentially in the piece […]
Comments on “Cuban GDP Statistics under the Special Period: Discontinuities, Obfuscation, and Puzzles” by Pérez-López and Mesa-Lago
The paper by Pérez-López and Mesa-Lago provides a very eloquent account of the recent evolution of Cuban GDP statistics. It places a particular emphasis on Cuban GDP statistics since 2001 and explains the methodology used to estimate GDP as a result of a series of changes introduced in that year. The authors make several important […]
Comments on “The Case against Unlimited Travel to Cuba as an Agent for Democratization” by James Cason
In his paper, “The Case against Unlimited Travel to Cuba as an Agent for Democratization,” James Cason presents the case against the liberalization of U.S. travel restrictions on travel to Cuba. Cason believes that tourism is not likely to increase the yearnings of Cubans for democracy, and will not improve the average Cuban’s living standards. […]
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