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

Other author Domínguez, Jorge I., 1945-
Format Book
Publication Info[Cambridge, Mass.] : Harvard University David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies ; Cambridge, Mass. ; London, England : Distributed by Harvard University Press, ©2012.
Descriptioniii, 333 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Equality--Cuba.
Cuba--Economic conditions. --21st century.
Cuba--Social conditions. --21st century.
Cuba--Economic policy.
Cuba--Social policy.

SeriesThe David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies, Harvard University
David Rockefeller Center series on Latin American studies, Harvard University. ^A590480
Contents Introduction: on the brink of change: Cuba's economy and society at the start of the 2010s / Jorge I. Domínguez -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
ISBN9780674062436 (pbk.)
ISBN0674062434 (pbk.)

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Joyner General Stacks HC152.5 .C82 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold