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Coloquio sobre a Economia Cubana na CUNY - City University of New York

O Colóquio está muito bem, segundo programação transcrita abaixo, mas algumas perguntas são de rigor:
1) Economia? Ao que se saiba Cuba não possui uma economia, mas um sistema absolutamente disforme, esquizofrênico, disfuncional, anacrônico, esclerosado, de surrealismo socialista. Os cubanos fingem que trabalham e o que governo finge que os paga (mal, muito mal). A ilha não vive em situação normal e só deve sua sobrevivência atual aos generosos subsídios da ditadura bolivariana-chavista, que vive montada numa vaca petrolífera, apenas por isso ainda não explodiu...
2) Cubana? Dificilmente. A economia, e toda a ilha, e os próprios cubanos pertencem aos irmãos Castro, um empreendimento familiar ditatorial esclerosado, e gerontocrático, mantido sob os caprichos pessoais dos ditadores que estão ali desde mais de meio século.
Paulo Roberto de Almeida

2014 COLLOQUIUM ON THE CUBAN ECONOMY

MAY 27, 2014 | 9:00 AM

Details

WHERE:  
The Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue
ROOM:
9206
WHEN:
May 27, 2014: 9:00 AM
ADMISSION:
Free

Description

2014 Colloquium on the Cuban Economy

RECENT TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS:

EMERGING ACTORS, PROCESSES AND INSTITUTIONS

The one-day colloquium organized by the Bildner Center features 15 specialists from the University of Havana, CUNY, AZCUBA, The World Bank, and other institutions. Themes: Update on current economic dynamics, the changing state sector, foreign investment, the Mariel special economic zone, cooperatives and self-employment, agricultural and prospects for the sugar sector, other reforms.

Economic Dynamics in Today’s Cuba
1)      Omar Everleny Pérez (CEEC/UH). “La Inversión Extranjera Directa en Cuba: Necesidad de su Relanzamiento”
2)      Oscar Fernández (Facultad de Economía, UH). “Planificación económica en Cuba: Perspectivas y ataduras”
3)      Ricardo Torres Pérez (CEEC/UH). “Crecimiento Económico en Cuba: Principales Restricciones”

Institutional Reforms
1)      Juan Triana Cordoví (CEEC/UH). “Knowledge and Development: Science, Technology and Higher Education in Cuba”
2)      Patricia Ramos (Facultad de Economía, UH). “Hacia una nueva institucionalidad para la planificación del desarrollo territorial en Cuba”
3)      Ileana Díaz (CEEC/UH). “Sistema Empresarial en Cuba: Actualidad y Perspectiva”
4)      Saira Pons Pérez (CEEC/UH). “Las nuevas empresas no estatales en Cuba: rentistas o Innovadoras?”

Cuba and the World: The External Sector
1)      Pavel Vidal (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali, Colombia). “La Devaluación del Tipo de Cambio Oficial del Peso Cubano: Costos y Beneficios”
2)      Augusto de la Torre (World Bank). “La Unificación del Tipo de Cambio: El Caso Cubano”
3)      Antonio Romero. “The International Reinsertion of Cuba: Changes and Prospects”
4)      Mauricio Font (Bildner Center). Introduction: Cuba in Comparative Framework

Agricultural Transformations
1)      Armando Nova (CEEC/UH). “Formas de propiedad/sector agropecuario”
2)      Mario González-Corzo (Lehman College, CUNY). “Understanding Cuba’s Agricultural statistics”
3)      Lázaro Peña (Centro de Investigaciones de Economía Internacional, UH). “Cooperativas y cadenas globales de valor: el caso de la producción tabacalera en Cuba”
4)      Federico Sulroca (Instituto de Investigaciones de la Caña de Azúcar -INICA). “El cooperativismo en la agricultura cañera cubana: evolución y perspectivas”

While some of our panelists will present in Spanish, each panel/session will have Powerpoint outlines in English as well as one presentation in English. The Q&A will be in both English and Spanish.

Registration is required.
TO REGISTER send an e-mail to [email protected].
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