Cuba in Transition: Volume 13

 

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

The Cuban Economy in 2002-2003

Jorge F. Pérez-López

Why CAFTA?

Isaac Cohen

Chile’s Trade Policy and the Chile-United States Free Trade Agreement

Alfie Antonio Ulloa Urrutia

Output and Productivity in Cuba: Collapse, Recovery, and Muddling Through to the Crossroads

Ernesto Hernández-Catá

El Desempleo en Cuba

Manuel García Díaz

What If U.S.–Cuban Trade Were Based on Fundamentals Instead of Political Policy? Estimating Potential Trade with Cuba

Matthew McPherson and William Trumbull

Cuba’s Environment: Today and Tomorrow—An Action Plan

Argelio Maldonado

Recruitment of Scientists and Development of International Funding Resources in Post Castro Cuba

Larry Daley

The Tourism Industry in the Caribbean After Castro

Art Padilla

Comments on “The Tourism Industry in the Caribbean After Castro”

Nicolás Crespo

Taxation Levels in Cuba — and Other Topics of Rhetorical Interest

Nicolás Sánchez

Schooling vs. Human Capital: How Prepared is Cuba’s Labor Force to Function in a Market Economy?

Luis Locay

El Movimiento Sindical Independiente de Cuba: Actualidad y Desarrollo

Joel Brito y Christopher Sabatini

The Cuban External Sector in 1989-2002: Some Observations on Achievements, Failures and Challenges

Rolando H. Castañeda

Bridging the Gap: IMF and World Bank Membership for Socialist Countries

Daniel P. Erikson

The Cuban Diaspora and U.S. Cuba Policy: Who Wants it Changed?

Benigno Aguirre

Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics of Cuban-Americans: A First Look From the U.S. 2000 Population Census

Daniel J. Perez-Lopez

Cuba: The Next Retirement Haven?

Matias F. Travieso-Diaz and Armando A. Musa

Los Derechos Humanos en Cuba

Ricardo Bofill

Dealing with the Past: The Role of Truth in National Reconciliation

Armando M. Lago and María C. Werlau

Nunca Más: Propuesta para Establecer la Comisión Cubana de la Verdad y la Reconciliación Nacional

Rolando H. Castañeda y George Plinio Montalván

Natural Disasters and Cuba’s Agricultural Performance: Is there a Correlation?

José Alvarez

Family Farms: The Cornerstone of the Agricultural Sector in the Cuba of the Future

José M. Ricardo

La Reconstrucción de la Industria Azucarera Cubana

Juan Tomás Sánchez

Out of Communism: An Ethical Road Map—The Dignity of the Human Person as the Foundation of the Transition from Communism

Alejandro A. Chafuen

Ethics and the Cuban Transition

Armando P. Ribas

Targeting Castro, Not Cuba: Considering a Smart Sanctions Approach Toward Cuba

Brian Alexander

The Legacies of Socialism: Some Issues for Cuba’s Transition

Jorge F. Pérez-López

Lecciones de Irak: Un Contrapunto

Alberto Luzárraga

Looking to the Future from the Past: Generational Roles

Sergio Díaz-Briquets

La Discriminación Racial en el Campo Cubano

Dominga González Suárez

Santiago vs. Havana: Cuba’s Underground Economy in Comparative Perspective

Ted Henken

Francisco Franco and Fidel Castro: Loyalist vs. Revolutionary? A Preliminary Exploration

Alfred G. Cuzán

Procesos Electorales y Élites Políticas en la Cuba del Tercer Milenio

Domingo Amuchastegui

Cuba’s Dollar Food Market and U.S. Exports

James E. Ross and María Antonia Fernández Mayo

U.S. Travel Restrictions to Cuba: Overview and Evolution

María C. Werlau

The Role of the United States in the Cuban Economy

Paolo Spadoni

El Remitente Cubano: Algunas Características Particulares

Joaquín Pérez Rodríguez

Remesas Familiares y la Política Pública Cubana

Ricardo A. Puerta

Macroeconomic Policy Implementation in Early Transition: Lessons for Cuba from Poland and Romania

Jennifer Gauck

¿Socialista o Subdesarrollado?: Una Propuesta Sobre la Transición Económica de Cuba

Alfie Antonio Ulloa Urrutia

Reform of the Armed Forces in a Post-Castro Cuba

Armando F. Mastrapa III

Appendix A: Authors and Discussants

Appendix B: Acknowledgements

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