Cuba in Transition: Volume 17

Papers and Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the
Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE)

The Radisson Miami Hotel
Miami, Florida
August 2–4, 2007

All of the papers posted here are in PDF format and can be read with Acrobat Reader software.

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 más 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