The Cuban Economy, 2012: Articles from the 2012 Conference of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE)

Below is a list of the presentations made at the August 2012 Conference of ASCE with links to each article at the ASCE Web Site.

Preface

Conference Program

Table of Contents

• Where is Cuba Going? Economic Policies that Have Been Adopted and Results Thus Far  Joaquín P. Pujol
• Situación de la economía cubana Oscar Espinosa Chepe
• The Politics of Cuban Transformation—What Space for Authoritarian Withdrawal?
  Vegard Bye
• The International Financial Institutions and Cuba: Relations with Non-Member States Richard E. Feinberg
• Cuba’s Membership in the IMF and Other International Financial Institutions and their Possible Role in Promoting Sustainable Economic Growth in Cuba Joaquín P. Pujol
• Comments on Richard Feinberg’s “Reaching Out” Rolando H. Castañeda
• Comment: Cuba and the International Financial Institutions Lorenzo L. Pérez
• Transition Policies Twenty Years Later: Lessons for the Case of Cuba Gabriel Di Bella, Rafael Romeu and Andy Wolfe
• The Growth of the Cuban Economy in the First Decade of the XXI Century: Is it Sustainable? Ernesto Hernández-Catá
• Cuba: External Cash Flow, Barter Trade and Potential Shocks Luis R. Luis
• Market Orientation and Business Performance in Cuban Firms:
  A Comparative Analysis of State-Owned Versus Joint Venture Firms  Julio Cerviño, Joan Llonch and Josep Rialp
• Una isla 1.0 en un mundo 2.0 Yoani Sánchez
• Social Media in Contemporary Cuba Enrique S. Pumar
• Cuba Platform Fisheries: Collapse or Recovery? Sergio Díaz-Briquets
• Furthering Cuban Reforms Through Agricultural Trade Timothy Ashby and Stephen J. Kimmerling
• U.S. Food and Agricultural Exports to Cuba: Progress, Problems and Prospects William A. Messina, Jr.
• La Iglesia como puente de acercamiento Orlando Márquez Hidalgo
• Cuba: La Iglesia Católica y el Estado en tiempos de revolución—Una aproximación histórica Javier Figueroa de Cárdenas
• El crecimiento de la iglesia protestante y la libertad religiosa Teo A. Babún, Jr.
• Comentarios sobre la Iglesia y las reformas en Cuba Lorenzo L. Pérez
• Religion and Reforms in Cuba Enrique S. Pumar
• “Cubans: An Epic Journey”—Genesis of a Book Sam Verdeja and Guillermo Martínez
• The Contribution of the Cuban Diaspora in Business and Finance Leonardo Rodríguez
• Cuban Real Estate Framework Laws Rolando Anillo
• The Impact of Cuba’s New Real Estate Laws on the Island and the Diaspora Antonio R. Zamora
• The Proletarian Corporation: Organizing Cuban Economic Enterprises in the Wake of the Lineamientos—Property Rights Between Corporations, Cooperatives and Globalization Larry Catá Backer
• Cuba 2012: El fin de las reformas socioeconómicas ligeras o cosméticas en tiempos difíciles (O la Gran Falacia) Rolando H. Castañeda
• Prospects For Reform in Cuba: Is Raúl Castro Serious About Liberalizing the Cuban Economy? Armando S. Linde
• From Chaos to a Socialist Market Economy: A Contribution to the Understanding of Current Changes and Trends in Cuba Domingo Amuchástegui
• Can Cuban Rulers Rule Cuba? Jorge Domínguez
• Political Intolerance and Cuba’s Future: To Hell in a Hand Basket  Jorge L. Romeu
• Cuba’s 1950 Midterm Elections: The Island’s Last Democratic Poll Ilan Ehrlich
• Apreciaciones psicohistóricas de la emigración y el exilio Carmen Díaz
• Entre la espada y la reforma migratoria Haroldo Dilla Alfonso
• Access to Human Health, Freedoms and Other Standards of Living Development in Cuba Rodolfo J. Stusser
• Cuba: Economic Growth, Aging, and Long-Term Fiscal Sustainability Gabriel Di Bella, Rafael Romeu and Andy Wolfe
• Venezuela: El próximo ajuste económico fundamental—Compleja situación en 2012 y perspectivas inmediatas Rolando H. Castañeda
• Oil and Democracy in Cuba: Going Towards Nigeria or Norway? Roger R. Betancourt
• Petróleo y rentismo entre Cuba y Venezuela Carlos A. Romero
• Turismo, migración y proyectos de codesarrollo en el escenario turístico cubano
  José L. Perelló Cabrera
• The Future of the City of Havana: The Economic Dimension Jorge A. Sanguinetty
• The Cuban Labor Market: Availability and Interpretation of Statistics Jorge F. Pérez-López
• Does Cuba Share Responsibility for Human Rights at Guantanamo Bay? Michael J. Strauss
• Evaluation and Design of a Decentralized Alternative to Conventional Wastewater Infrastructure in Cuba Antonio Díaz, Jhon Cores, Alex Arias, William Rodríguez, and Miguel Morales
• Appendix A: About the Authors