1st Edition

Cuba's Second Economy From behind the Scenes to Center Stage

By Jorge Perez-Lopez Copyright 1995
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

221 Pages
by Routledge

Without doubt, Cuba is facing its most serious economic challenge in nearly thirty-five years of revolutionary rule. There is consensus that as the official, centrally planned economy has faltered, ordinary citizens eke out a living only by engaging in under-the-table, unrecorded, and mostly illegal activities. In fact, this "second economy" is growing by leaps and bounds. This volume sketches... Read more
1: The Second Economy: Concepts and Measurement; 2: Cuba’s First Economy; 3: Cuba’s Second Economy; 4: The Cuban Economy in Crisis; 5: The Second Economy and the Market Transition

Biography

Jorge Perez-Lopez