ABOUT THIS BOOK

Cuba faced an economic meltdown of catastrophic proportions in the early 1990s when covert subsidies from the former Soviet Union disappeared. Policies instituted by the island republic's government to handle the worst problems have had inconsistent results.

Opening the economy to foreign enterprise has resulted in positive growth in tourism and nickel and cigar exports. However, remnants of the older economy, including the sugar and biotechnological industries, have only experienced a decrease in capital and importance. Basic educational and health services have been maintained surprisingly well, but the standard of living is still far below the highs of the 1980s. With contributions from many leading Cuba scholars, <I>The Cuban Economy</I> offers not only an analysis of the economy since 1990, but also a look towards future prospects.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Archibald R. M. Ritter is a professor of economics and international affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. His works on Cuba include The Economic Development of Revolutionary Cuba: Strategy and Performance.

REVIEWS

"Lucidly written, accessible to noneconomists, and well conceived, this book addresses both the large questions of macroeconomic policy design and performance as well as key specialized topics."
—Jorge Domínguez, Harvard University

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Acknowledgments	000
List of Illustrations	000
I. Economic Performance and the Process of Reform	000
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1. The Cuban Economy in the Twenty-first Century: Recuperation or Relapse?	000
Archibald R. M. Ritter
2. Economic and Ideological Cycles in Cuba: Policy and Performance, 19592002
Carmelo Mesa-Lago	000
II. Central International Issues	000
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3. Cuban Monetary Policy: Peso, Dollar, or Euro?
Nicholas P. Rowe and Ana Julia Yanes Faya	000
4. Export Processing Zones in Cuba	000
Larry Willmore
III. The Agricultural Sector	000
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5. Crisis and Reform in Cuba's Sugar Economy	000
Brian H. Pollitt
6. Cuban Agriculture in Transition
William A. Messina Jr.	000
IV. Entrepreneurship and Economic Reform	000
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7. The Taxation of Microenterprise
Archibald R. M. Ritter	000
8. Foreign Investment in Cuba
Jorge F. Pérez-López	000
9. The Cuban Software Industry
Luis Casacó	000
V. Labor and Society	000
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10. The Macroeconomics of Social Security Finance
María Cristina Sabourin Jovel	000
11. Corruption and the Cuban Transition
Jorge F. Pérez-López	000
12. Human Resources and Development: What to Do after the Periodo Especial?
Francisco Léon	000
Contributors	000
Index	000




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