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

by Jorge F. Pérez-López

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 the contours of the very complex phenomenon of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560001895
• ISBN13: 9781560001898
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"