Cuba: From Revolution to DevelopmentPinter, 1998 - 174 pages Ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the subsequent demise of CMEA (Council for Mutual Economic Advancement), the international communist trading bloc, observers have been predicting that Cuba will go the same way as the rest of the Warsaw Pact: 'market forces' replacing planning directives, and with political representation through political parties competing periodically for the national vote. Cuba has defied the pundits. And, in the opinion of the author, will not succumb to the liberalizing pressures of the globalized world economy. Cuba faces problems, and in this book the scale of these pressures is assessed in the context of Cuban development since the revolution in 1959. The alternative policy strategies put forward in the traditional literature are theoretically addressed, with the ideological implications of each programme emphasized. Cuba does face a new, hostile international economic environment, and choices have to be made. But these are political choices, rather than economic ones. The possible economic options open to Cuba are discussed, in light of the political constraints and parameters within which market forces must operate. 'Examining intelligently the different options available to Havana's policy-makers, Ken Cole's mastery of economic theory allows him to explain in accessible language Cuba's economic decline and ensuing surprising recovery in the 1990s....required reading for students and teachers of Cuban affairs, as well as newsmen, policy-makers and investors who need to learn the why and how behind Cuba's promising economic renewal.' |
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... growth of gross domestic product of some 9.5 per cent . This growth was from a very low level : between 1990 and 1993 gross domestic product fell by 34.8 per cent , with a 0.7 per cent increase in 1994 and 2.5 per cent growth in 1995 ...
... growth in per capita gross domestic product is more reflective of the aggregate growth rate . In the first half of 1996 , the prices of products sold on the ration card remained stable . Sales in hard currency stores increased by 33 per ...
... growth . Such a belief in the efficacy of economic stabiliza- tion on foreign trade and the powerful incentive ... growth and development . But as we saw in Chapter 4 , the failure of the free market growth dynamic , has led to research ...
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The Cuban predicament | 1 |
The revolutionary imperative | 21 |
The intellectual parameters of Cuban development | 56 |
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