| Description |
1 online resource (243 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Studies in Development Economics Series |
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Routledge Studies in Development Economics Series
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms -- Methodological Observations -- 1 Introduction: Cuban Revolution and Peripheral Socialism -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Literature on Cuba's Reforms -- 1.3 Book's Structure -- Part I: Economic History -- 2 The Economic History of the Cuban Revolution: An Overview (1959-1999) -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 From Revolutionary Experimentation to the Comecon -- 2.3 The So-Called 'Special Period in Peaceful Times' -- 2.3.1 Soviet Collapse |
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2.3.2 U.S. Blockade Reinforced, 1992-1996 -- 2.3.3 Exchange Rates and the Dual Monetary System -- 2.4 New Difficulties -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3 Cuba in the Twenty-First Century: Reforming the Peripheral Socialism (2000-2010) -- 3.1 Cuba's New Economic Leverage and the Contradictions of the Dual Monetary System -- 3.2 Economic Policies and Economic Environment Until 2007 -- 3.3 Decree 252: The Enterprise Improvement System -- 3.4 Raúl Assumes the Presidency of the State Council (2008-2010) -- 3.5 Decree 259: The Transfer of Idle State Lands |
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3.6 The Worsening of the Economic Scenario at the End of the Decade -- 3.7 An Interpretation of the Ongoing Changes -- 4 Socialist Update: The 'Guidelines of Economic and Social Policy of the Party and the Revolution' and its Consequences (2011-2018) -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The 6th Congress of the Communist Party and the 'Guidelines' (2011) -- 4.3 'Updating Socialism': Context and Implementation of the Guidelines (2012-2016) -- 4.3.1 Extinction of Ministry of Sugar (2011) -- 4.3.2 New Tax System (2012) -- 4.3.3 The New Labour Code and the New Law for Foreign Investments (2014) |
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4.3.4 Decree 252/2014 and the Macroeconomic Environment -- 4.4 From Obama to Trump: A Brief Honeymoon with the United States -- 4.5 The 7[sup(th)] Congress of the PCC -- 4.6 An Assessment of Cuba's Recent Policies -- Part II: Macroeconomic and Structural Analysis -- 5 Macroeconomic Performance -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.1.1 Theoretical Bias -- 5.1.2 Methodological Difficulties Concerning Statistical Data -- 5.2 Economic Structure -- 5.2.1 Population Growth -- 5.2.2 Aggregate Performance -- 5.2.3 Investment and Consumption -- 5.2.4 Consumption Function -- 5.3 Conclusions -- 6 Balance of Payments |
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6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Current and Capital Accounts -- 6.3 Foreign Trade: A Closer Look -- 6.3.1 Exports -- 6.3.2 Terms of Trade and Elasticities -- 6.3.3 Imports -- 6.3.4 Propensity to Import -- 6.4 Conclusions -- 7 State Sector and Social Aspects -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Performance of the State Sector -- 7.2.1 Monetary Policies -- 7.2.2 Legislation and Functioning -- 7.2.3 Performance of Monetary Aggregates -- 7.3 State Budget -- 7.4 Employment Allocation and Social Data -- 7.5 Conclusions -- 8 Final Remarks: Crisis or Peripheral? -- 9 Sources and References -- 9.1 Sources |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Official Documents |
| Subject |
Economic development.
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economic development.
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Economic development
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Salém Vasconcelos, Joana
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| ISBN |
9781003815853 |
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1003815855 |
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