A01=Carmelo Mesa-Lago
A01=Jorge F. Perez-Lopez
Author_Carmelo Mesa-Lago
Author_Jorge F. Perez-Lopez
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Product details
- ISBN 9780813028682
- Weight: 500g
- Dimensions: 164 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 30 Oct 2005
- Publisher: University Press of Florida
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This volume analyzes Cuban socioeconomic policies and evaluates their performance since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the socialist camp. It provides a brief historical background to the crisis and analyzes in detail the deterioration and incomplete recovery since 1990. Comparing Cuba's performance with that of other Latin American and former socialist countries, it summarizes the views of noted Cuban economists and proposes policies that architects of the Cuban transition might wish to put in place after the passing of Castro. Focusing on economic and social policies and performance during the ""Special Period in Time of Peace"" (1990-2004), the authors draw on an impressive array of statistics to show that in 2005 Cuba has yet to return to economic levels of the late 1980s, and the access and quality of many of the highly touted social services - education, health care, social security, housing - also have not been restored to the levels achieved prior to the economic crisis triggered by the collapse of the Soviet Union. The authors demonstrate that governmental concerns about a strengthening private sector resulting in loss of political control finally prompted the Cuban leadership to prioritize political over economic ends. Centralized economic control has been fully restored, even though it will undoubtedly result in further deterioration of economic conditions and declining standards of living.
Carmelo Mesa-Lago is distinguished professor emeritus of economics and Latin American studies at the University of Pittsburgh. His most recent books include Market, Socialist and Mixed Economies: Comparative Policy and Performance - Chile, Cuba, and Costa Rica. Jorge Perez-Lopez is an international economist whose most recent books include Conquering Nature: The Environmental Legacy of Socialism in Cuba.
