José F. Alonso, Office of Research, Radio Martí[1],
Ricardo A. Donate-Armada, The Wyatt Company, and
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CONCLUSION.
A series of options for reforming the social safety net of a democratic Cuba have been proposed, analyzed and evaluated in this paper. The reform proposals include one-time upward wage adjustments to mitigate the current poverty status of most of the Cuban population and reforms to cut waste, reduce the government budget deficit and increase private participation in pensions, health services and unemployment compensation. The reforms all satisfy evaluation criteria to guide their design. The reforms are candidate for implementation in a post-Castro democratic Cuba.
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