Cuban Economists on the Cuban Economy

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Index Page numbers in italics refer to figures and tables. Abortion, 192 Academy of Science, 303 Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/ AIDS), 154 ACT. See Scientific and Technological Activity Act 270, 237, 250n4 Active scenarios, 133 Actividad Científica y Tecnológica. See Scientific and Technological Activity Aging, 198, 209; health-care and, 189, 203; index, 197; population, 15, 189–209, 195–97, 201–2; social policy and, 204–7; social security and, 203 The Agrarian Reform Law, 26 Agreements for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments, 95, 111n19 Agreements on the Avoidance of Double Taxation , 95, 111n19 Agricultural Production Cooperatives (Cooperativa de Producción Agropecuaria) (CPAs), 281 Agriculture, 16, 18; capitalism in, 26; Castro, F., on, 272; CMEA/COMECON and, 281–88; dependence on, 62; diversification of, 27; economic policy, 277–78; economic recovery and, 279; employment, 75, 288; environment and, 289; exports, 109; farmers’ markets, 43–44; FDI in, 108; free-markets, 283–84; GDP, 276, 286, 287; global warming and, 316; history of, 270–72; income, 288; infrastructure for development of, 64; labor productivity in, 43, 277; land, 50, 60n76; land ownership structure, 282, 283; livestock-sector, 64; main programs of, 274–76; management mechanisms, 284–85; national security and, 108; 1990s, 277–79, 280, 281, 287; policy, 289; recent trends in, 286, 287, 288; revival of, 253; science and technology institutions for, 273–74; subsidization of, 43; supply-anddemand farmer’s markets, 283–84; technology and, 276–77; 2009 outputs, 287; unemployment and, 278, 290n8; urban, 281, 285–86; water supply and, 316 AIDS. See Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ALBA. See Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas ALBATEL, 99, 112n26 Alejandro Figueras, Miguel, 17 Alfonso Fraga, Juan Carlos, 15 “Algunos aspectos del desarrollo económico de Cuba” (Some Aspects of Cuba’s Economic Development), 115 Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América. See Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas Alienation, 22n16 Alma-Ata Declaration (1978), 155 Álvarez González, Elena, 13 American Society of Travel Agencies, 249 ANIR. See National Association of Innovators and Rationalizers Anti-doping laboratory, 158–59 Anuario Estadístico de Cuba, 7 Argentina, 111n17–18 Arts and culture, 157–58 Asociación Nacional de Innovadores y Racionalizadores . See National Association of Innovators and Rationalizers Assisted living homes, 207 Automation, 311 324 Index Baby boomers, 190 Balance-of-Trade, 67, 68, 86n17, 106, 107, 108, 311 Banking, 45, 99, 237 Basic Unit of Cooperative Production (Unidad Básica de Producción Cooperativa) (UBPC), 43, 282 Batista, Fulgencio, 55n7, 214–15, 234 Battle of Ideas, 14, 46, 48, 161–62 Bayamo, 215 Bay of Pigs (Playa Girón), 55n8 Behavioral Schools, 150 Bettelheim, Charles, 115–16 Bilateral planning, 122 Bilateral public lending, 12 Biotechnology, 78, 253, 262, 294; annual sales of, 306–7; employment, 306; health-care, 307; patents, 307; products, 307, 308; sustainability of, 309 Bodies of the Central State Administration (Organismo de la Administración Central del Estado) (OACE), 129 Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América) (ALBA), 78, 98–99, 104, 290 Boti, Regino, 115 Brazil, 111n17–18 Brigada Técnica Juvenil. See Technical Youth Brigades BTJs. See Technical Youth Brigades Bush Plan, 241 Bu Won, Ángel, 18 CADECA. See Currency exchange house Caloric intake, 152, 284 Canada, 96, 97 Capitalism, 35; in agriculture, 26; Castro, F., on, 36–37; foreign trade structures and, 40, 58n49; GDP and, 20n2 Caribbean Community (CARICOM), 98 CARICOM. See Caribbean Community Carriazo, G., 14, 166 Casa de cambio. See Currency exchange house Casinos, 236, 250n1 Castiñeiras García, Rita, 13 Castro, Fidel, 54, 135n19, 299; on agriculture, 272; Batista dictatorship and, 55n7; on Battle of Ideas, 161; on capitalism, 36–37; on dissolution of USSR, 58n45; on dollarization of Cuban economy, 42; dual monetary economy implementation, 40–41, 50, 53–54; economic policy speeches of, 33; environment and, 315; “History Will Absolve Me,” 142, 165, 215, 272; illness of, 20n6; on living conditions, 139; on science and technology, 296; on socialism, 33; on tourism, 239–40, 247, 257, 269n16; on unemployment, 147 Castro, Raúl: economic goals of, 3–4; economic policy speeches of, 33; election of, 4, 20n6; new economic model, 7, 21n9; on revolution, 50; speech to National Assembly, 4; trade unions and, 215 Cattle raising, 274 CCSs. See Credit and Service Cooperatives CDR. See Committees for Defense of the Revolution CEE. See State Committee for Statistics Census, 182, 192 Center for Digital Research, 310 Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (Centro de Ingeniería Gen...