The Cuban economy in a new era
Subtitle: an agenda for change toward durable development
By: edited by Jorge I. Domínguez, Omar Everleny Pérez Villanueva, and Lorena G. Barberia ; translated by Dick Cluster
Series: The David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies, Harvard University; David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies, Harvard University
Publisher: Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies; David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 169
ISBN-13: 9780674980358
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Economic policy; Politics and government; Economic conditions; Economic development; History
Description: "With the passing of Fidel Castro and the re-establishment of U.S.-Cuban relations, Cuba is poised for major change--but towards what? In The Cuban economy in a new era, we get a rare glimpse from the inside. Ten leading scholars from the island discuss critical factors in that transformation, including the major economic reforms to date, the key players (from new cooperatives to the emerging private sector), and the role of the formal financial sector and the challenges of innovation and planning. In the process, we get an invaluable first-hand view of how the Cuban economy really functions. To cap it all, as bookends, two long-time Cuban analysts, Harvard's acclaimed Jorge Domínguez and Lorena Barberia of the Universidade de São Paulo, put this in perspective for us. This book is a key contribution, at precisely the right time"--Page [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Translated from Spanish.
Table of contents: title: Cuba's economy at the end of Raúl Castro's presidency : challenges, changes, critiques, and choices for the future  -- Jorge I. Domínguez; title: An analysis of the Cuban economic reform  -- Ricardo Torres; title: The planning paradigm in Cuba : tethering the economic takeoff  -- Oscar Fernández Estrada; title: Small and medium-sized enterprises in Cuba : a necessary step  -- Omar Everleny Pérez Villanueva; title: The new Cuban cooperatives : current situation and some proposals to improve performance  -- Dayrelis Ojeda Suris; title: New actors and new policies in Cuba : the role of credit policy in the reform  -- Jessica León Mundul and David J. Pajón Espina; title: Innovation in Cuban state enterprises : limitations  -- Ileana Díaz Fernández, Humberto Blanco Rosales, and Orlando Gutiérrez Castillo; title: Cuba : notes on multilateral external financing  -- Marlén Sánchez Gutiérrez; title: The availability and quality of data on Cuban economic development : implications for policy and empirical research -- Lorena G. Barberia.