No More Free Lunch Reflections on the Cuban Economic Reform Process and Challenges for Transformation

In September 2010, the Cuban government decided to embark on an economic reform program, unprecedented after the Revolution in 1959. This opened up opportunities for Cuban economists and scholars to participate in the development of the reform program. Thanks to grants from SSRC (Social Sciences Res...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Brundenius, Claes (Editor), Torres Pérez, Ricardo (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 Structural Problems and Changes in Cuba's Economic Model
  • Chapter 2 The Economic Transformation Process in Cuba after 2011
  • Chapter 3 Current Problems in the Cuban Economy and Necessary Reforms
  • Chapter 4 Monetary and Financial Challenges in Cuba: Lessons from Vietnam
  • Chapter 5 Food Production and Import Substitution in the Cuban Reform Process
  • Chapter 6 Cuba's 'Apertura' to Small Enterprise
  • Chapter 7 Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs: What Cuba can Learn from the Vietnamese Reform Process
  • Chapter 8 Science, Technology, Innovation Policies and the Innovation System in Cuba: Assessment and Prospects
  • Chapter 9 Foreign Direct Investments in Cuba and Vietnam: Lessons Learned
  • Chapter 10 Socially Responsible Enterprise: Local Development and Inclusive Economic Growth in Cuba
  • Concluding Chapter Whither the Cuban Economy? Concluding Reflections