Cuba in Transition: Volume 17

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Table of Contents

Preface

Conference Program

Table of Contents

The Cuban Economy in 2006–2007

Carmelo Mesa-Lago

Cuba: Opciones para un Futuro Digno

Oscar Espinosa Chepe

The Hungarian Transition Experience, 1989-2006: Lessons for Cuba

Rolando H. Castañeda and Geni Gómez

From Dead Ends and Blind Corners to Open Highways: Traveling Down the Road to Cuban Economic Liberalization

Armando S. Linde

Price Liberalization and the End of the Rationing System in Cuba: All we Have to Fear is Fear Itself

Ernesto Hernández-Catá

Reforming Cuba’s Port Operations during a Transition

Teo A. Babún, Jr.

Cuba: Reforming the Power, Telecommunications and Water Sectors During a Transition

Juan A. B. Belt and Luis Velazquez

Cuba: Highway and Road Systems Priority Improvements

Jacob Greenstein and Carlos Penin

El Marco Laboral y la Responsabilidad Social de las Inversiones Extranjeras en Cuba

Jesús R. Mercader Uguina

Situación Actual del Movimiento Sindical Independiente en Cuba: Su Papel en la Transición

Joel Brito

Actualización y Ampliación de los Principios Arcos

Rolando H. Castañeda y George Plinio Montalván

Cuba’s Dysfunctional Agriculture: The Challenge Facing the Government

G.B. Hagelberg and José Alvarez

U.S. Agricultural Sales to Cuba: Certain Economic Effects of U.S. Restrictions

John Reeder

Aportes Éticos Al Pensamiento Económico y a Proyectos Económicos para Cuba

Gerardo E. Martínez-Solanas

Comentarios Sobre el “Itinerario de Reflexión”

Jorge A. Sanguinetty

Comentarios Sobre Aspectos Sociales del Documento “Itinerario de Reflexión Económica Sobre Cuba”

Carmelo Mesa-Lago

Cuba: Valores, Objetivos y Consideraciones Básicas para Estrategias de Transición

Rolando H. Castañeda

Comentarios sobre Implementación del “Itinerario de Reflexión Económica sobre Cuba”

Lorenzo L. Pérez

Vitral Magazine and the Center for Civic and Religious Formation:Building a New Cuba Inside the Shell of the Old

Ted Henken

Cuba y el Etanol: Proyeciones para una Economía Privada

Juan Tomás Sánchez

El Programa Brasileño de Etanol: Lecciones para Cuba

Jorge Hernández Fonseca

Food vs. Fuel: A False Dilemma for Cuba—A Survey of the Issue

Antonio Gayoso

¿Qué debe Incluir una Constitución? Cambio, Constitución y Sentido Común

Alberto Luzárraga

Land Title Registration in Cuba: An Update

José Manuel Pallí

The Cuban Enterprise Fund

Carlos Saladrigas

Cuba: Propuesta para un Crecimiento Elevado y Sostenido

Rolando H. Castañeda

Reinserción de Cuba en la Economía Global: Marco de Trabajo Estratégico

Geni Gómez

International Commercial Arbitration in Transition-Era Cuba

Aldo M. Leiva

A Six Sigma Analysis of a Cuban Transition

Jorge Luis Romeu

Peri-Urban Development in Sofia and Havana: Prospects and Perils in the New Millennium

Sonia Hirt and Joseph L. Scarpaci

El Síndrome del Pesimismo Post-Totalitario y la Recuperación de la Esperanza

Carlos Alberto Montaner

Human Rights and Economic Growth: Why the Real China Model May Be Desirable In A Post-Fidel Transition

Roger R. Betancourt

Cuban Monetary Reforms and their Relationship with Policies to Attract Remittances During the Special Period

Mario A. González-Corzo

Possible Scenarios in the Cuban Transition to a Market Economy

Antonio E. Morales-Pita

ASCE’s Contribution to the Study of Cuban Agriculture: Implications for the Transition

José Alvarez

“FAR” from Perfect: The Cuban Military and the Potential for State-Corporatism in Post-Communist Cuba

Brenden M. Carbonell

Making Sense of Dissidence and Repression in Cuba: A Game Theoretic Analysis

Matthew Craig

Cuba and Illegal Operations: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Silvia Nilsen

Política y Metafísica en Cuba: Enfoque Socioeconómico

Antonio A. Fernández y Pedro F. Pellet

Dominican Policies to Attract Remittances: Economic Impact and Lessons for Cuba

Mario A. González-Corzo and Scott Larson

The Diaspora as a Commercial Network for Cuban Reconstruction

Jorge F. Pérez-López

Transnational Ties and Circular Migration: Policy Prescriptions for a Post-Transition Cuba

Sergio Díaz-Briquets

Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio Ambiente en el Futuro de Cuba

Raúl Fernández García

The Politics of Framing

Enrique S. Pumar

La Misión Barrio Adentro, Objetivos Mas Allá de la Salud

José Félix Oletta

Cuba Under Fidel and Raul

Rogelio L. de la Torre

U.S.-Cuba Relations In 2007: Trade, Security, and Diplomacy

Dan Erikson and Kate Neeper

Home Is Where the Heart Is: History and Memory in the “Return” of the Descendents of Latvian and Estonian Refugees to the Baltic

Delaney Michael Skerrett

Appendix A: About the Authors

Appendix B: Acknowledgements

Index

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