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Until the late 1980s, the politics of elections in Central America were linked to the prevalence of dictatorships, military rulers and warfare. For many years political leaders mobilised to gain the right to vote or to participate in free and fair elections. With the end of the wars in the region and the spread of civil and political freedoms, these countries entered into a process of democratisation of which elections continue to be an important part. (UNISA/DÜI)

This paper explores the extent to which Cuban remittance recipients are responding to the Cuban government's current economic reforms which seek to incentivize entrepreneurial activities as an economic growth strategy and state liberalization policy. In so doing we hope to make some preliminary observations and recommendations about the potential role and impact of remittances in Cuba's socio-economic development. It is based on an original survey conducted in Cuba in 2012.

This article analyzes the role of Haitian migration and Haitian transnational engagement in the past 20 years. Of particular interest are the various forms that this engagement has taken, its impact on the country's economy, and the implications of Haitian migrants' continued commitment to their home country. The article shows that dependency on Haitian migrants' economic flows into their country has historically not been met by public policy lever-aging these flows and that under the current economic recovery period, opportunistic views aside, it is unrealistic to expect a strategy drastically different from that of the pre-earthquake period.