The Cuban Economy

by Archibald R.M. Ritter

Book Overview

Cuba faced an economic meltdown of catastrophic proportions in the early 1990s when covert subsidies from the former Soviet Union disappeared. Policies instituted by the island republic's government to handle the worst problems have had inconsistent results. Opening the economy to foreign enterprise has resulted in positive growth in tourism and nickel and cigar exports. However, remnants of the older economy, including the sugar and biotechnological...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822942186
• ISBN13: 9780822942184
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"