CUBA IN TRANSITION: Volume 6

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Table of Contents

• Conference Program

• In Honor of Felipe Pazos Roberto Gonzalez Cofino

• The State of the Cuban Economy: 1995-96 Carmelo Mesa-Lago

• Apuntes Sobre la Situacion Socio-Economica de Cuba Pablo Alfonso

• Remarks on the Current Cuban Economic Situation Gerardo Gonzalez

• Cuba's Non-Sugar Agriculture: Current Situations and Prospects William A. Messina, Jr., Thomas H. Spreen, Anne E. Moseley and Charles M. Adams

• External Debt Problems and the Principle of Solidarity: The Cuban Case Alberto Martinez-Piedra and Lorenzo L. Perez

• Comments by Armando P. Ribas

• Cuba's Hard Currency Debt Gabriel Fernandez

• Comments by Alberto Luzarraga

• Cuba: Estabilizacion Rapida sin Recesion Ni Choque Monetario Rolando H. Castaneda y George Plinio Montalvan

• The Minimum Wage and Unemployment in Poland: Lessons for Cuba's Transition Andrew M. Melnyk

• Comments by Ernesto Hernandez-Cata

• Alternative Policies to Deal With Labor Surpluses During the Cuba Transition Joseph M. Perry, Louis A. Woods and Jeffrey W. Steagall

• Comments by Ricardo L. Tejada

• Labor Effects of Adjustment Policies in Cuba Enrique S. Pumar

• Comments by Ricardo L. Tejada

• Un "Logro" Que Tiende a Desmoronarse Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello

• The Optimal Size of the Military in a Post-Castro Cuba Carlos Seigle

• Comments by Diego R. Roque

• Cuban Military Expenditures: Concepts, Data and Burden Measures Jorge F. Perez-Lopez

• Cuban Telecommunication Infrastructure and Investment Larry Press

• Foreign Investors' Property Rights and Legal Guaranties Against Non-Commercial Risks in Cuba Sergio A. Leiseca

• Agribusiness Investment in Cuba's Post Embargo Period James E. Ross

• Cuba y el Estado de Derecho: Pasado, Presente y Futuro Alberto Luzarraga

• Cuba's New Agricultural Cooperatives and Markets: Antecedents, Organization, Early Performance and Prospects Jose Alvarez and William A. Messina, Jr.

• Back to the Future: The Sociopolitical Dynamics of Miramar's Real Estate Market Joseph L. Scarpaci

• Through the Cracks of Socialism: The Emerging Private Sector in Cuba Ana Julia Jatar-Hausman

• Cinco Areas de Accion Estrategicas para Lograr el Milagro Economico Cubano: Una Rapida Recuperacion Con Un Alto y Sustentable Crecimiento con Equidad e Inclusion Social Rolando H. Castaneda y George Plinio Montalvan

• Marxism and the Market: Vietnam and Cuba in Transition Julie Marie Bunck

• Comparison of International Monetary Fund and World Bank Conditionalities and Cuba's Economic Reforms of the 1990s Ramon C. Barquin III

• The 1995-1996 Sugar Zafra: Results and Implications-The Machinery Sector Alfredo Blanco, Jr.

• Cuba: An Unreliable Producer of Sugar Juan Tomas Sanchez

• Decentralization, Local Government and Citizen Participation in Cuba Nelson Amaro

• Sociedad Civil, Control Social y Estructura del Poder en Cuba Maida Donate-Armada

• The Future Faces of the Cuban Economy: A Bayesian Forecast Barton J. Bernales

• Comments by Jorge Luis Romeu

• The Effect of Socialism on the Entrepreneurial Abilities of Cuban-Americans Luis Locay and Jorge Sanguinetty

• Comments by Silvia Pedraza

• Information on the Cuban Economy in Databases Isabel Ezquerra

• Cuban Computer Networks and Their Impact Larry Press

• Transformations and Transitions: The Changing Nature of Labor Organizations in Post-Communist Europe and the Implications for Labor in Cuba Guillermo J. Grenier

• The Situation of Cuban Workers During the "Special Period in Peacetime" Efren Cordova

• Comments by Lorenzo Canizares

• Are Cuba's Educational Statistics Reliable? Benigno E. Aguirre and Roberto J. Vichot

• Comments by Erwin H. Epstein

• Cuban Constitutionalism and Rights: An Overview of the Constitutions of 1901 and 1940 Rebeca Sanchez-Roig

• Constitutional Protection of Cuban Property Rights Ignacio E. Sanchez

• Righting Old Wrongs: A Survey of Restitution Schemes for Possible Application to a Democratic Cuba Nicolas J. Gutierrez, Jr.

• Forestry Policies of Cuba's Socialist Government: An Appraisal Sergio Diaz-Briquets

• Comments by Rene Costales

• The Quest for Power: Analyzing the Costs and Benefits of Cuba's Nuclear Energy Policy Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado

• Comments by Osvaldo A. Juvier

• Tourism/Ecotourism in Cuba David S. Collis

• Foreign Investment in Cuba: The Limits of Commercial Engagement Maria C. Werlau

• Helms-Burton: Checkmate or Challenge for Canadian Firms Doing Business in Cuba? Beverly L. Campbell

• On the Continued Good Standing of Pre-Castro Legal Entities: Ubi Lex Non Distinguit,...Nec Nos Distinguere Debemus Agustin de Goytisolo

• Comments by Juan C. Consuegra-Barquin

• Appendix A: Authors and Discussants

• Appendix B: Acknowledgements

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