Cuban economic and social development : policy reforms and challenges in the 21st century / edited by Jorge I. Domínguez [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Domínguez, Jorge I., 1945-

Series:

David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies, Harvard University

The David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies, Harvard University

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality.

Social policy.

Social conditions.

Economic conditions.

Cuba--Economic conditions--21st century.

Cuba.

Cuba--Social conditions--21st century.

Cuba--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

Cuba--Social policy.

Equality--Cuba.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

iii, 333 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies ; Cambridge, Mass. ; London, England : Distributed by Harvard University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Prominent Cuban economists and sociologists present an analysis of Cuba's economic and social circumstances and suggest steps to reactivate economic growth and improve the welfare of its citizens. Also explores how reforms in economic and social policies have produced declines in the social standing of some groups and economic mobility for others.

Contents:

Introduction: On the brink of change : Cuba's economy and society at the start of the 2010s / Jorge I. Domínguez

I. Igniting domestic economic growth. The Cuban economy : an evaluation and proposals for necessary policy changes / Omar Everleny Pérez Villanueva ; Monetary duality in Cuba : initial stages and future prospects / Pavel Vidal Alejandro ; Commentary: The importance of the right incentives / Dani Rodrik ; Cuban agriculture in the "special period" and necessary transformations / Armando Nova González ; Cuban agricultural reforms after 2007 / Armando Nova González ; Commentary: A comparative view of Cuban agricultural institutions and reforms / Dwight H. Perkins

II. Opportunities for outward-oriented growth. Cuban monetary policy and the global crisis / Pavel Vidal Alejandro ; Cuba's agricultural sector and its external links / Anicia García Álvarez ; Foreign direct investment in China, Vietnam, and Cuba : pertinent experiences for Cuba / Omar Everleny Pérez Villanueva

Commentary: Cuba and the challenges of globalization / Pedro Monreal González ; Commentary: A view from the east : trade, investment, and economic reform / Regina Abrami ; Commentary: The Cuban advantage / Sergio Silva-Castañeda

III. Ensuring equity and social mobility. Introductory note: The social mobility perspective and its usefulness for the analysis of inequality and social policy in Cuba / Mayra Espina Prieto ; Structural change and routes of social mobility in today's Cuba : patterns, profiles, and subjectivities / Mayra Espina Prieto and Viviana Togores González ; Geography and habitat : dimensions of equity and social mobility in Cuba / Lucy Martín Posada and Lilia Núñez Moreno

Commentary: Is Cuba becoming more Latin American? / Elisa Reis and Graziella Moraes Dias da Silva.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780674062436

0674062434

OCLC:

760290637

Publisher Number:

99948098908