Cuba in Transition: Volume 10

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Conference Program

Saludo a la Décima Reunión de ASCE

Marta Beatriz Roque

Cuba Dual: Crisis Económica, Crisis del Régimen

Antonio Elorza

Cuba y su Economía de Resistencia

Manuel David Orrio

El Estado Real de la Economía Cubana

Oscar Espinosa Chepe

La Economía Cubana Durante el Período Especial

Antonio Gayoso

The Fall and Recovery of the Cuban Economy in the 1990s: Mirage or Reality

Ernesto Hernández-Catá

Has Cuba Definitely Found the Path to Economic Growth?

Roberto Orro

The Mirage of Floating Exchange Rates

Carmen M. Reinhart

Evolución y Perspectiva de la Pequeña Empresa No Estatal en Cuba

Evaldo A. Cabarrouy

La Descentralización de las Granjas Estatales en Cuba: ¿Gérmen para una Reforma Empresarial Pendiente?

Hans-Jürgen Burchardt

Transition in Central and Eastern Europe: Lessons for Development of SMEs in Cuba

Antonio Gayoso

Intellectual Property Rights and International Trade in Cuban Products

Joseph M. Perry, Louis A. Woods, and Stephen L. Shapiro

The "Understanding" Between the European Union and the United States Over Investments in Cuba

Joaquín Roy

Differences in Agricultural Productivity in Cuba's State and Nonstate Sectors: Further Evidence

José Alvarez

Market Potential for U.S. Livestock Genetics in a Free Market Cuban Economy

James E. Ross

Comments by William E. Kost

Recent Changes in Management Structure and Strategies of the Cuban Fishing Industry

Chuck Adams

Balance of Payments: Concepts and Measurements

Armando S. Linde

Cuba's Balance of Payments Statistics

Jorge F. Pérez-López

Interpreting Cuba's External Accounts

Emily Morris

Cuba's Balance of Payments Gap, the Remittances Scam, Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering

Ernesto F. Betancourt

Land Use in Cuba Before and After the Revolution: Economic and Environmental Implications

Sergio Díaz-Briquets

Comments by José Alvarez

La Situación Ambiental de Cuba al Finalizar el Siglo XX

Eudel Eduardo Cepero

Preliminary Environmental Action Plan for a Post Castro Cuba

Alberto Vega and Federico Poey

Cuba: Fin de Fiesta--Castro da por Terminado el Período Especial y Retoma el Socialismo Puro y Duro

Carlos Alberto Montaner

Fiscal Reforms in Transition Economies: Implications for Cuba

Lorenzo L. Pérez

Cuba y América Latina: Consideraciones Sobre el Nivel y la Evolución del índice de Desarrollo Humano y del Gasto Social en la Década de los Noventa

Rolando H. Castañeda

The Internationalization of Collective Behavior: Lessons From Elian

Benigno E. Aguirre

The Last Wave: Cuba's Contemporary Exodus -- Political or Economic Immigrants?

Silvia Pedraza

Models of Development and Globalization In Cuba

Nelson Amaro

Winners and Losers in Restoring Old Havana

Joseph L. Scarpaci, Jr.

Toward Best Business Practices for Foreign Investors in Cuba

Ambassador Anthony C.E. Quainton

Economic Reforms and Social Contradictions in Cuba

Charles Trumbull

Last Resort or Bridge to the Future? Tourism and Workers in Cuba's Second Economy

Ted Henken

Cuba's Trade Policy After Castro

Sidney Weintraub

Education's Contribution to Economic Growth in Cuba

Manuel E. Madrid-Aris

A Comparison of Cuba's Tourism Industy with the Dominican Republic and Cancún, 1988-1999

Nicolas Crespo and Charles Suddaby

Cuban Tourism During the Special Period

María Dolores Espino

Telecommunications and Power Sector Reforms in Latin America: Lessons Learned

Juan A. B. Belt

A Discussion on Institutional Research for a Transitional Cuba

Jorge Luis Romeu

Cuban Flora, Endophytic and Other, as a Potential Source of Bioactive Compounds:
Two Technical Approaches to Bioactive Compound Discovery

Larry S. Daley

A Constitutional Framework for a Free Cuba

Alfred G. Cuzán

Microeconomic Intermediation and Sectoral Integration in a Market Transition

Mario A. Rivera

Soldiers and Businessmen: The FAR During the Special Period

Armando F. Mastrapa III

FAR: Mastering Reforms

Domingo Amuchastegui

Comments by José A. Font

A Survey of Significant Legal Changes During Cuba's Special Period: Setting Parameters for Change

Stephen J. Kimmerling

The Contribution of BITs to Cuba's Foreign Investment Program

Jorge F. Pérez-López and Matías F. Travieso-Díaz

Cuban Labor Law: Issues and Challenges

Aldo M. Leiva

Corrigendum: Comments on "Actuarial Model of the Impact of Linking Economic Variables to a Life Survival Function" by Donate-Armada

Diego R. Roqué

Appendix A: Authors and Discussants

Appendix B: Acknowledgements

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