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This article attempts to analyse the factors which have led to the recent deterioration in Cuba's ability to service its debt. The author argues that the balance of trade situation was artificially strengthened in earlier years by unusually high sugar prices and favourable credit policies by commercial banks and international agencies. But underlying tendencies were negative and culminated with the crisis of 1986 in which Cuba suspended payment on its debt pending renegotiation. In conclusion, Cuba's policy response in 1986-88 is examined and current options are assessed

Political and economic developments in Cuba, and their possible consequences for future policies.

Cuba's changing policy landscape -- The small enterprise sector -- Revolutionary trajectories and strategic shifts, 1959-1990 -- The "special period," 1990-2006 -- Policy reform under Raul Castro, 2006-2014 -- The movement toward non-agricultural cooperatives -- The underground economy -- The rise, fall, and rebirth of the Paladar, 1993-2014 -- The future of small enterprise in Cuba.

Cuba faced an economic meltdown of catastrophic proportions in the early 1990s when covert subsidies from the former Soviet Union disappeared. This analysis addresses both the large questions of macroeconomic policy design and performance as well as key specialized topics

As the US embargo begins to crumble following December 2014's historic agreement between Pres Barack Obama and Pres Raul Castro to restore diplomatic relations, people should remember that the external embargo is hardly the principal blockade standing in the way of Cuba's economic revitalization. Obama has opened a door to potential US investment in Cuba's entrepreneurial and telecommunications sectors. Despite a continued state monopoly on the mass media and one of the Western Hemisphere's lowest Internet penetration rates, in recent years Cuba has seen a number of significant developments in information and communication technology capabilities, access to uncensored news, and the availability of new dissemination channels for digital data. The slow pace and (so far) only marginally successful results of Cuba's economic reforms have put the government under rising pressure to expand Internet services to meet the needs of the new foreign investors it hopes to attract. Adapted from the source document.

AbstractSince its "depenalization" in 1993, the U.S. dollar has become possibly a more significant component of Cuba's money supply than the old peso. What are the alternatives? The euro seems inappropriate, given the inevitability of eventual normalization of relations with the United States. More advantageous would be to restore the Cuban peso, though this would involve unifying the bifurcated economic structure and the dual monetary and exchange rate systems. The Cuban government has yet to announce its plans. This study argues that an appropriate mix of exchange rate, monetary, fiscal, and income or wage and salary policies should support a rehabilitation of the Cuban peso.

Since the island's insertion into the Spanish empire, Cuban history has been marked by its great dependence and international presence. A space of particular attraction to the international presence during the colony and privileged of the United States in the republic, Cuba also emerged as a dynamic international actor in the revolutionary and socialist period. The symposium "Cuba in the international system: normalization and reintegration" (Ottawa, September 1993), in which the works published here were presented, is part of a tradition of meetings and joint work between specialists in Cuba that have occurred since early last decade. The symposium sought common ground in the evaluation of the achievements of the Cuban government, the State, the economy and society, as well as an international presence in Cuba and the Cuban actor in the international arena and the search for solutions to the growing problems of the Island. ; Desde la inserción de la Isla en el imperio español, la historia cubana ha estado marcada por su gran dependencia y presencia internacional. Espacio de particular atracción a la presencia internacional durante la colonia y privilegiado de la estadounidense en la república, Cuba surge también como actor internacional dinámico en el período revolucionario y socialista. El simposio "Cuba en el sistema internacional: normalización y reintegración" (Ottawa, septiembre 1993), en el que fueron presentados los trabajos aquí publicados, se inscribe en una tradición de encuentros y trabajos en conjunto entre especialistas en Cuba que se han sucedido desde comienzos de la década pasada. El simposio buscó un terreno común en la evaluación de las realizaciones del gobierno, el Estado, la economía y la sociedad cubanos, así como presencia internacional en Cuba y del actor cubano en el ámbito internacional y la búsqueda de soluciones a los crecientes problemas de la isla.

This book examines the evolution of Cuba's foreign relations since the demise of the USSR. It is divided into three sections: the first examines the nature of economic and political change that has taken place in Cuba in the last three years; the second analyzes the evolution of Cuban international relations, which have flourished in recent years; the final section examines the nature of the impasse in bilateral relations with the USA and offers some suggestions to resolve the difficulties