Bringing the Cuban Economy into Focus: Conceptual and Empirical Challenges

Pérez‐López, Jorge F.

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“…Cuba: 1930-58 estimates from Perez-Lopez (1977); 1959-80 figures correspond to net material product at 1965 prices in Brundenius (1984) based on official figures; 1981-95 figures calculated from rates of growth given in ECLAC (SYLA, 1992(SYLA, , 1996.…”

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Progress, poverty and exclusion: an economic history of Latin America in the 20th century

Thorp¹

1999

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6fi ~£s REFACE THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, Enrique V.Iglesias, decided in 1995 that to mark the end of the century the Bank should sponsor a history of the Latin American economies over the past 100 years. The president's personal inspiration was that development could be illuminated by a historical account tracing the interplay between policymaking and economic, social and political structures and institutions. The book would not be about theoretical approaches, but rather seek to place in proper historical context the development efforts, strategies, choices, successes and failures of the different Latin American countries. At a time when the role of the state was being radically rethought, the idea was that a balanced historical account could contribute to current debate by examining the evolving state role and different approaches to policymaking.The issue of procedure then became very important. President Iglesias wanted the book to reflect the very best of Latin American scholarship, yet a sympathetic outsider had a certain comparative advantage in coordinating and synthesizing experience across the continent. We agreed on a procedure using workshops and consultancies, with an Advisory Committee bringing together outstanding scholars from Latin America, the United States and Europe. But at the end of the dayliterally, a year-I would write the book. President Iglesias then set me free to pursue the project entirely as I wished-a remarkable act of confidence.Two workshops were established to cover what were felt to be the major gaps in the comparative literature. Each produced academic volumes being published in parallel with this book under the editorship of Enrique Cardenas, Jose Antonio Ocampo and myself. This has been in itself a happy and fruitful collaboration. The parallel volumes are frequently referred to in the text as "companion volumes," and

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Progress, poverty and exclusion: an economic history of Latin America in the 20th century

Thorp¹

1999

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Waiting for change: Adjustment and reform in Cuba

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Zimbalist

1995

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The Absolution of History: Cuban Living Standards After 60 Years of Revolutionary Rule

Devereux

2020

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Six decades ago, Cuba initiated a momentous social and economic experiment. This paper documents the effects of the experiment on Cuban living standards. Before the revolution, Cuban income per capita was on a par with Ireland or Finland. Indeed, Cuba was one of the richest of the Spanish-speaking societies. Growth is glacially slow after the revolution as GDP per capita increased by 40 per cent between 1957 and 2017 equal to an annual growth rate of 0.6 per cent—among the lowest anywhere. To be sure, other dimensions of well-being such as education and health improved, yet broader welfare measures do not change the conclusion that the revolution impoverished Cuba relative to any plausible counter factual.

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Bringing the Cuban Economy into Focus: Conceptual and Empirical Challenges

Cited by 4 publications

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Progress, poverty and exclusion: an economic history of Latin America in the 20th century

Progress, poverty and exclusion: an economic history of Latin America in the 20th century

Waiting for change: Adjustment and reform in Cuba

The Absolution of History: Cuban Living Standards After 60 Years of Revolutionary Rule

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