Electricity sector in Cuba | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-15

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00:01:48 1 History
00:01:57 1.1 Before the Revolution
00:05:23 1.2 Cuban Revolution
00:09:25 1.3 Special Period
00:14:06 1.4 Recovery
00:15:43 1.5 Post-Fidel reforms
00:20:58 2 Sectors
00:21:06 2.1 Energy production
00:23:01 2.1.1 Energy sector
00:25:23 2.2 Agriculture
00:25:55 2.3 Industry
00:27:05 2.4 Services
00:27:14 2.4.1 Tourism
00:29:09 2.4.2 Retail
00:29:40 2.5 Finance
00:30:00 2.6 Foreign investment and trade
00:31:41 2.7 Currencies
00:33:50 2.8 Private businesses
00:34:58 3 Poverty
00:36:13 4 Public facilities
00:37:15 5 Connection with Venezuela
00:39:03 6 Economic freedom
00:40:44 7 Taxes and revenues



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Cuba has a planned economy dominated by state-run enterprises. Most industries are owned and operated by the government and most of the labor force is employed by the state. Following the fall of the Soviet Union, the Communist Party encouraged the formation of worker co-operatives and self-employment.
In the year 2000, public sector employment was 76% and private sector employment, mainly composed of self-employment, was 23% compared to the 1981 ratio of 91% to 8%. Investment is restricted and requires approval by the government. The government sets most prices and rations goods to citizens. In 2016, Cuba ranked 68th out of 182 countries with a Human Development Index of 0.775, much higher than its GDP per capita rank (95th). In 2012, the country's public debt was 35.3% of GDP, inflation (CDP) was 5.5%, and GDP growth was 3%.Housing and transportation costs are low. Cubans receive government subsidized education, health care and food subsidies.The country achieved a more even distribution of income since the Cuban Revolution, which was followed by an economic embargo by the United States. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cuba's GDP declined by 33% between 1990 and 1993, partially due to loss of Soviet subsidies and to a crash in sugar prices in the early 1990s. Cuba retains high levels of healthcare and education.