Below are hyperlinks to presentations at a conference in Havana in April 25-26 on policy possibilities for the Cuban economy and potential insights from the experiences of other countries including Sweden, Brazil, Vietnam and China. The original links are at the web site of NUPI, the Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt, here: Policy Options for Cuba.
Policy Options for Cuba’s Development: Preparing for the Post-Embargo Era
This project aims at supporting the work of Cuban economists and social scientists – those living in Cuba and abroad – who have argued for substantial economic reform and new socio-development strategies.
Deltakere
Fulvio Castellacci
Morten Skumsrud Andersen
Vegard Bye
Claes Brundenius, Professor, Lund University
The final conference of phase 2 of this project took place in Havana on April 25th and 26th 2013. All presentations from this conference can be downloaded below.
Presentations:
1. Welcome Remarks (eng) – Castellacci
2. The updating of the Cuban Economic Model (spa) – Pérez Villanueva
3. Economic Development in Cuba (eng) – Torres Pérez
4. Reforms in Cuba in light of experiences from China and Vietnam (spa) – De Miranda Parrondo
6. Innovation and Entrepreneurship: The Case of University Start Up Companies in China (eng) – Li
8. Institutions and innovation in the process of economic change (eng) – Alonso
10. Towards a new taxation in Cuba (spa) – Pons Pérez
11. The key to inclusive economic groth in Cuba (spa) – Sagebien
12. The politics of Science, Technology and Innovation in Cuba (spa) – Núñez Jover
13. Main problems for innovation in Cuban enterprises
15. Structural change in Brazil – A Latin American Experience (spa) – Vasconcelos
